Henipaviruses and fruit bats, papua New Guinea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 670-671

  Field, Hume ^a   de Jong, Carol E ^a   Halpin, Kim ^b   Smith, Craig S ^a  

^a Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b Life Technologies   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DYNAMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

EID: 84875301649     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.111912     Document Type: Letter

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