Egyptian rousette bats maintain long-term protective immunity against Marburg virus infection despite diminished antibody levels

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Schuh, Amy J ^a   Amman, Brian R ^a   Sealy, Tara K ^a   Spengler, Jessica R ^a   Nichol, Stuart T ^a   Towner, Jonathan S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BAT; EGYPT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MARBURGVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHIROPTERA; EGYPT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 85027860405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07824-2     Document Type: Article

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