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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

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Natural Hendra Virus Infections in Captive Australian Black Flying Foxes, Queensland, Australia

Victoria Boyd, Anjana Karawita, Jianning Wang, Shawn Todd, Sarah Riddell, Rachel Layton, Grace Taylor, Michael L. Kelly, Teegan Allen, Sarah Caruso, Christopher C. Broder, Richard J. Ploeg, Gough G. Au, Gary Crameri, Anthony W. Purcell, and Michelle L. BakerComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Health and Biosecurity, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (V. Boyd, S. Todd, S. Caruso, M.L. Baker); Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong (A. Karawita, J. Wang, S. Riddell, R. Layton, G. Taylor, M.L. Kelly, T. Allen, R.J. Ploeg, G.G. Au); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (C.C. Broder); Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (A.W. Purcell)

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Figure 3

Histopathology of lung from a naturally infected flying fox from a study of natural Hendra virus infections in captive Australian black flying foxes, Queensland, Australia. Immunohistochemistry of bat 4, left caudal lung lobe for Hendra virus (nucleocapsid protein) using a cross-reactive Nipah virus nucleocapsid polyclonal antisera showing scattered interstitial mononuclear cells with finely granular cytoplasmic immunolabelling (arrowhead). Original magnification ×200.

Figure 3. Histopathology of lung from a naturally infected flying fox from a study of natural Hendra virus infections in captive Australian black flying foxes, Queensland, Australia. Immunohistochemistry of bat 4, left caudal lung lobe for Hendra virus (nucleocapsid protein) using a cross-reactive Nipah virus nucleocapsid polyclonal antisera showing scattered interstitial mononuclear cells with finely granular cytoplasmic immunolabelling (arrowhead). Original magnification ×200.

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