Myxoma virus in rabbits

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 256-268

  Kerr, P J ^a   Best, S M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Genetics; Myxoma virus; Myxomatosis; Rabbits; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS BACHMANI; SYLVILAGUS BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; RABBIT; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0040843531     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.17.1.1081     Document Type: Article

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