Henipaviruses: An Updated Review Focusing on the Pteropid Reservoir and Features of Transmission

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-83

  Clayton, B A ^a,b   Wang, L F ^a   Marsh, G A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Flying fox; Fruit bat; Hendra virus; Nipah virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NIPAH VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SWINE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIPAH VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; NIPAH VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 84872266041     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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