Antibodies to henipavirus or henipa-like viruses in domestic pigs in Ghana, West Africa.

Henipaviruses, Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV), have Pteropid bats as their known natural reservoirs. Antibodies against henipaviruses have been found in Eidolon helvum, an old world fruit bat species, and henipavirus-like nucleic acid has been detected in faecal samples from E. helvum in G...

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Main Authors: David T S Hayman, Lin-Fa Wang, Jennifer Barr, Kate S Baker, Richard Suu-Ire, Christopher C Broder, Andrew A Cunningham, James L N Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025256&type=printable
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