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SUBMITTER: Peel AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3836177 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peel Alison J AJ Sargan David R DR Baker Kate S KS Hayman David T S DTS Barr Jennifer A JA Crameri Gary G Suu-Ire Richard R Broder Christopher C CC Lembo Tiziana T Wang Lin-Fa LF Fooks Anthony R AR Rossiter Stephen J SJ Wood James L N JLN Cunningham Andrew A AA
Nature communications 20130101
The straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum, is Africa's most widely distributed and commonly hunted fruit bat, often living in close proximity to human populations. This species has been identified as a reservoir of potentially zoonotic viruses, but uncertainties remain regarding viral transmission dynamics and mechanisms of persistence. Here we combine genetic and serological analyses of populations across Africa, to determine the extent of epidemiological connectivity among E. helvum populat ...[more]