Understanding the interaction between henipaviruses and their natural host, fruit bats: Paving the way toward control of highly lethal infection in humans

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 108-121

  Enchéry, François ^a   Horvat, Branka ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

adaptive immunity; emerging infections; Fruit bats; henipavirus; innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FLYING FOX; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROPUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BAT; DISEASE CARRIER; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ALPHA INTERFERON; INFLAMMASOME;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMASOMES; INTERFERON-ALPHA;

EID: 85016619359     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: 15635244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08830185.2016.1255883     Document Type: Review

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