Henipavirus Infections: Lessons from Animal Models
The Henipavirus genus contains two highly lethal viruses, the Hendra and Nipah viruses and one, recently discovered, apparently nonpathogenic member; Cedar virus. These three, negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, are hosted by fruit bats and use EphrinB2 receptors for entry into cells. The He...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235719/ |