Investigation of the climatic and environmental context of hendra virus spillover events 1994-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  McFarlane, Rosemary ^a   Becker, Niels ^a   Field, Hume ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82455167216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028374     Document Type: Article

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