Continent-wide panmixia of an African fruit bat facilitates transmission of potentially zoonotic viruses

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Peel, Alison J ^a,b   Sargan, David R ^a   Baker, Kate S ^a,b,c   Hayman, David T S ^a,b,d,e,f   Barr, Jennifer A ^g   Crameri, Gary ^g   Suu Ire, Richard ^h,i   Broder, Christopher C ^j   Lembo, Tiziana ^k   Wang, Lin Fa ^g,l   Fooks, Anthony R ^e,m   Rossiter, Stephen J ⁿ   Wood, James L N ^a   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h FORESTRY COMMISSION   (Ghana)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^j UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^l DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^m Microbiology and Immunology   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

BAT; CONNECTIVITY; DISEASE VECTOR; DISTURBANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BAT; BINDING ASSAY; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRUIT BAT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GHANA; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS; KENYA; MALAWI; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 5; PARAMYXOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SIZE; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENDAI VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; UGANDA; URINE; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA;

EIDOLON HELVUM; LAGOS BAT VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84890484983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3770     Document Type: Article

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