Evidence of Henipavirus Infection in West African Fruit Bats

Henipaviruses are emerging RNA viruses of fruit bat origin that can cause fatal encephalitis in man. Ghanaian fruit bats (megachiroptera) were tested for antibodies to henipaviruses. Using a Luminex multiplexed microsphere assay, antibodies were detected in sera of Eidolon helvum to both Nipah (39%,...

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Autores principales: Hayman, David T. S., Suu-Ire, Richard, Breed, Andrew C., McEachern, Jennifer A., Wang, Linfa, Wood, James L. N., Cunningham, Andrew A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18648649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002739

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18648649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002739

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