Transmission or Within-Host Dynamics Driving Pulses of Zoonotic Viruses in Reservoir-Host Populations.

• Main Authors: Raina K Plowright (Author), Alison J Peel (Author), Daniel G Streicker (Author), Amy T Gilbert (Author), Hamish McCallum (Author), James Wood (Author), Michelle L Baker (Author), Olivier Restif (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Progress in combatting zoonoses that emerge from wildlife is often constrained by limited knowledge of the biology of pathogens within reservoir hosts. We focus on the host-pathogen dynamics of four emerging viruses associated with bats: Hendra, Nipah, Ebola, and Marburg viruses. Spillover of bat in...