Monitoring the spread of myxoma virus in rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus populations on the southern tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. II. Selection of a strain of virus for release

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-133

  Kerr, P J ^a   Merchant, J C ^a   Silvers, L ^a   Hood, G M ^a   Robinson, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EAR; EYELID; FACE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; RABBIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION CONTROL; RABBITS;

EID: 0037326437     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007860     Document Type: Article

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