VP2 gene phylogenetic characterization of field isolates of African horsesickness virus serotype 7 circulating in South Africa during the time of the 1999 African horsesickness outbreak in the Western Cape

Virus Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-167

  Koekemoer, J J O ^a   Paweska, J T ^a,d   Pretorius, P J ^b   Van Dijk, A A ^a,c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horsesickness virus; AHSV 7; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis; Topotyping; VP2 gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN VP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS 7; AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS;

EID: 0038356870     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(03)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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