Antibodies against Lagos bat virus in megachiroptera from West Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 926-928

  Hayman, David T S ^a,b,c   Fooks, Anthony R ^b   Horton, Daniel ^a,b   Suu Ire, Richard ^d   Breed, Andrew C ^e   Cunningham, Andrew A ^c   Wood, James L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LAGOS BAT LYSSAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 45249108241     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.071421     Document Type: Article

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