Natural Hendra virus infection in flying-foxes - Tissue tropism and risk factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Goldspink, Lauren K ^a   Edson, Daniel W ^a   Vidgen, Miranda E ^a   Bingham, John ^b   Field, Hume E ^a,c   Smith, Craig S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

EQUIDAE; HENDRA VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL TROPISM; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84936804249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128835     Document Type: Article

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