Evidence of endemic hendra virus infection in flying-foxes (pteropus conspicillatus)-implications for disease risk management

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Breed, Andrew C ^a,b   Breed, Martin F ^c   Meers, Joanne ^a   Field, Hume E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; LACTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83355168634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028816     Document Type: Article

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