Qualitative release assessment to estimate the likelihood of Henipavirus entering the United Kingdom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Snary, Emma L ^a   Ramnial, Vick ^a   Breed, Andrew C ^a   Stephenson, Ben ^a   Field, Hume E ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^a,c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BAT; GEOGRAPHY; HENDRA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIPAH VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; PTEROPUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; NIPAH VIRUS;

EID: 84856656526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027918     Document Type: Article

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