Spatiotemporal aspects of hendra virus infection in pteropid bats (Flying-Foxes) in Eastern Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Field, Hume ^a,e   Jordan, David ^b   Edson, Daniel ^a,f   Morris, Stephen ^b   Melville, Debra ^a   Parry Jones, Kerryn ^c   Broos, Alice ^a   Divljan, Anja ^c,g   McMichael, Lee ^a,h   Davis, Rodney ^d   Kung, Nina ^a   Kirkland, Peter ^d   Smith, Craig ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Wollongbar Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f Australian Museum ^*  (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; FLYING FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HOST; INFECTION RISK; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; WINTER; ANIMAL; BAT; GENETICS; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84956512539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144055     Document Type: Article

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