Identification of an unclassified paramyxovirus in Coleura afra: a potential case of host specificity.

Bats are known to harbor multiple paramyxoviruses. Despite the creation of two new genera, Aquaparamyxovirus and Ferlavirus, to accommodate this increasing diversity, several recently isolated or characterized viruses remain unclassified beyond the subfamily level. In the present study, among 985 ba...

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Main Authors: Gael D Maganga, Mathieu Bourgarel, Judicael Obame Nkoghe, Nadine N'Dilimabaka, Christian Drosten, Christophe Paupy, Serge Morand, Jan Felix Drexler, Eric M Leroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4281239?pdf=render