Serological evidence of arenavirus circulation among fruit bats in Trinidad.

Serological evidence of arenavirus circulation among fruit bats in Trinidad.

Tacaribe virus (TCRV) was isolated in the 1950s from artibeus bats captured on the island of Trinidad. The initial characterization of TCRV suggested that artibeus bats were natural reservoir hosts. However, nearly 60 years later experimental infections of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis)...

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Main Authors: Ashley Malmlov, Janine Seetahal, Christine Carrington, Vernie Ramkisson, Jerome Foster, Kerri L Miazgowicz, Sandra Quackenbush, Joel Rovnak, Oscar Negrete, Vincent Munster, Tony Schountz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5617188?pdf=render

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