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Biological and serological procedures have established that Nelson Bay virus (NB847), which was recovered from the blood of a fruit bat or “flying fox” (Pteropus poliocephalus), is a member of the reovirus group and that it differs from previously described reoviruses.
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Gard, G.P., Marshall, I.D. Nelson Bay virus. Archiv f Virusforschung 43, 34–42 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249346
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