Tracing the origins of louping ill virus by molecular phylogenetic analysis

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 981-988

  McGuire, K ^a   Holmes, E C ^b   Gao, G F ^c   Reid, H W ^a   Gould, E A ^d  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENVELOPE GENE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL GENETICS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; FLAVIVIRUS; LOUPING ILL VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; RNA VIRUSES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031947723     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-5-981     Document Type: Article

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