Recrudescent infection supports Hendra virus persistence in Australian flying-fox populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Hsiao Hsuan ^a   Kung, Nina Y ^b   Grant, William E ^a   Scanlan, Joe C ^b   Field, Hume E ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECOLOGY; FLYING FOX; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HORSE; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUDESCENT VIRUS INFECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84896714797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080430     Document Type: Article

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