Flying-Fox Roost Disturbance and Hendra Virus Spillover Risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Edson, Daniel ^a   Field, Hume ^a,b   McMichael, Lee ^a,c   Jordan, David ^d   Kung, Nina ^a   Mayer, David ^a   Smith, Craig ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Wollongbar Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EXPOSURE; FLYING FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PTEROPUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BAT; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEASON; URINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HYDROCORTISONE; SEASONS;

EID: 84956505956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125881     Document Type: Article

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