Bats prove to be rich reservoirs for emerging viruses

Microbe

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Calisher, Charles H ^a   Holmes, Kathryn V ^b   Dominguez, Samuel R ^b   Schountz, Tony ^c   Cryan, Paul ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^d FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AUSTRALIAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; ZAIRE EBOLAVIRUS;

EID: 56549095232     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.3.521.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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