Evidence for insect transmission of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 655-663

  McColl, K A ^a   Merchant, J C ^a   Hardy, J ^a   Cooke, B D ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Westbury, H A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLICATION; RABBIT; REVIEW; SAMPLING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036976106     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268802007756     Document Type: Review

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