Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the likely reservoir of Shimoni bat virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1465-1470

  Kuzmin, Ivan V ^a   Turmelle, Amy S ^a   Agwanda, Bernard ^b   Markotter, Wanda ^c   Niezgoda, Michael ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Rupprecht, Charles E ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bat; Field studies; Kenya; Lyssavirus; Rabies; Serology; Seroprevalence; Shimoni bat virus; Surveillance; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIPPOSIDEROS COMMERSONI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEROPREVALENCE; SHIMONI BAT VIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; KENYA; LYSSAVIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HIPPOSIDEROS COMMERSONI; LAGOS BAT VIRUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 81155125706     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0663     Document Type: Article

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