Evidence for henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa.

Zoonotic transmission of lethal henipaviruses (HNVs) from their natural fruit bat reservoirs to humans has only been reported in Australia and South/Southeast Asia. However, a recent study discovered numerous HNV clades in African bat samples. To determine the potential for HNV spillover events amon...

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Main Authors: Pernet, O, Schneider, B, Beaty, S, Lebreton, M, Yun, T, Park, A, Zachariah, T, Bowden, T, Hitchens, P, Ramirez, C, Daszak, P, Mazet, J, Freiberg, A, Wolfe, N, Lee, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2014