Maternal antibody and the maintenance of a lyssavirus in populations of seasonally breeding African bats.

Pathogens causing acute disease and death or lasting immunity require specific spatial or temporal processes to persist in populations. Host traits, such as maternally-derived antibody (MDA) and seasonal birthing affect infection maintenance within populations. Our study objective is to understand h...

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Main Authors: David T S Hayman, Angela D Luis, Olivier Restif, Kate S Baker, Anthony R Fooks, Clint Leach, Daniel L Horton, Richard Suu-Ire, Andrew A Cunningham, James L N Wood, Colleen T Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198563