European bats as carriers of viruses with zoonotic potential

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3110-3128

  Kohl, Claudia ^a   Kurth, Andreas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Emerging infectious disease; Virus; Virus discovery; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; HUMANS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84906064336     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6083110     Document Type: Review

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