Viruses in Bats: A Historic Review

Bats and Viruses: A New Frontier of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 23-45

  Calisher, Charles H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Discovery; Ebolaviruses; History; Marburg virus; Pteropus; Rabies; SARS CoV; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017336893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118818824.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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