Molecular epidemiology of canid rabies in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Virus Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Sabeta, C T ^a,b   Bingham, J ^c,d   Nel, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lyssavirus; Molecular epidemiology; Rabies; South Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

CANIDAE; LYSSAVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0037308588     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00272-1     Document Type: Article

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