Bats and other reservoir hosts of Filoviridae. Danger of epidemic on the African continent? - A deductive literature analysis;Fledertiere und andere Reservoirwirte der Filoviridae. Epidemiegefahr am afrikanischen Kontinent? - Eine deduktive Literaturanalyse

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 19-30

  Laminger, Felix ^a   Prinz, Armin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Africa; Bats; Epidemic; Filoviridae; Reservoir host

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; BAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CARRIER; EBOLA VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MARBURG VIRUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 78249255195     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-010-1434-x     Document Type: Review

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