Virological and serological findings in Rousettus aegyptiacus experimentally inoculated with vero cells-adapted hogan strain of Marburg virus.

The Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, is currently regarded as a potential reservoir host for Marburg virus (MARV). However, the modes of transmission, the level of viral replication, tissue tropism and viral shedding pattern remains to be described. Captive-bred R. aegyptiacus, including a...

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Main Authors: Janusz T Paweska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Justin Masumu, Patricia A Leman, Antoinette A Grobbelaar, Monica Birkhead, Sarah Clift, Robert Swanepoel, Alan Kemp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3444458?pdf=render