Henipavirus RNA in African bats.

<h4>Background</h4>Henipaviruses (Hendra and Nipah virus) are highly pathogenic members of the family Paramyxoviridae. Fruit-eating bats of the Pteropus genus have been suggested as their natural reservoir. Human Henipavirus infections have been reported in a region extending from Austra...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jan Felix Drexler, Victor Max Corman, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Antje Seebens, Augustina Annan, Anne Ipsen, Thomas Kruppa, Marcel A Müller, Elisabeth K V Kalko, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Samuel Oppong, Christian Drosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19636378/pdf/?tool=EBI