The equine Hendra virus vaccine remains a highly effective preventative measure against infection in horses and humans: ‘The imperative to develop a human vaccine for the Hendra virus in Australia’

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Peel, Alison J ^a   Field, Hume E ^b   Reid, Peter A ^c   Plowright, Raina K ^d   Broder, Christopher C ^e   Skerratt, Lee F ^f   Hayman, David T S ^g   Restif, Olivier ^h   Taylor, Melanie ⁱ   Martin, Gerardo ^f   Crameri, Gary ^j   Smith, Ina ^j   Baker, Michelle ^j   Marsh, Glenn A ^j   Barr, Jennifer ^j   Breed, Andrew C ^k   Wood, James L N ^h   Dhand, Navneet ^l   Toribio, Jenny Ann ^l   Cunningham, Andrew A ^m   Fulton, Ian ⁿ   Bryden, Wayne L ^o   Secombe, Cristy ^p   Wang, Lin Fa ^q   more..

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ President Equine Veterinarians Australia   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^p MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

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EID: 85017607840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V6.31658     Document Type: Article

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