Potential for introduction of bat-borne zoonotic viruses into the EU: A review

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2084-2121

  Simons, Robin R L ^a   Gale, Paul ^a   Horigan, Verity ^a   Snary, Emma L ^a   Breed, Andrew C ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; European Union; Marburg; Nipah; Risk; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASTHMA; BANGLADESH; DISORIENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALAYSIA; MARBURG VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; TOURISM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BAT; EUROPE; FILOVIRIDAE; FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FILOVIRIDAE; FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIPAH VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900838975     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6052084     Document Type: Review

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