Bats and viruses: A brief review

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Wang, Lin Fa ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Emerging zoonoses; Spillover; Virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY; BAT; BAT VIRUS; BIOSAFETY; EBOLA VIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HENDRA VIRUS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MARBURG VIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELAKA VIRUS; MENANGLE VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOREOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEROLOGY; TIOMAN VIRUS; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65249146098     PISSN: 16740769     EISSN: 1995820X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-009-3032-5     Document Type: Review

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