Evidence of Lagos bat virus circulation among Nigerian fruit bats

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 267-271

  Dzikwi, Asabe A ^a,b   Kuzmin, Ivan I ^b   Umoh, Jarlath U ^a   Kwaga, Jacob K P ^a   Ahmad, Aliyu A ^a   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eidolon helvum; Epomophorus gambianus; Fruit bats; Lagos bat virus; Nigeria; Serology

Indexed keywords

EIDOLON HELVUM; EPOMOPHORUS GAMBIANUS; LAGOS BAT VIRUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MOKOLA VIRUS; MUS; RABIES VIRUS; WEST CAUCASIAN BAT VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRUS INFECTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LYSSAVIRUS; NIGERIA; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 77449129176     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.267     Document Type: Article

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