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标题：Identification of likely natural hosts for equine morbillivirus
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作者：Kim Halpin ; Peter Yong ; Hume Field 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1996
卷号：20
期号：22
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：We describe the isolation of a paramyxovirus from three species of flying fox in Queensland. Thespecies are Pteropus alecto (black flying fox), Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying fox) and Pteropuspoliocephalus (grey headed flying fox). The virus appears to be identical to the equine morbilliviruswhich was associated with acute equine respiratory syndrome and two human deaths in twoQueensland outbreaks. The isolation of this new virus suggests that flying foxes may be the naturalhost for the virus that causes acute equine respiratory syndrome