Acute experimental infection of bats and ferrets with Hendra virus: Insights into the early host response of the reservoir host and susceptible model species.

Bats are the natural reservoir host for a number of zoonotic viruses, including Hendra virus (HeV) which causes severe clinical disease in humans and other susceptible hosts. Our understanding of the ability of bats to avoid clinical disease following infection with viruses such as HeV has come pred...

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Main Authors: Amanda P Woon, Victoria Boyd, Shawn Todd, Ina Smith, Reuben Klein, Isaac B Woodhouse, Sarah Riddell, Gary Crameri, John Bingham, Lin-Fa Wang, Anthony W Purcell, Deborah Middleton, Michelle L Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008412