Molecular epidemiology of terrestrial rabies in the former Soviet Union

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 617-631

  Kuzmin, Ivan V ^a,b   Botvinkin, Alexandr D ^c   McElhinney, Lorraine M ^d   Smith, Jean S ^b   Orciari, Lillian A ^b   Hughes, Gareth J ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^d   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b  

^a Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections   (Russian Federation)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c IRKUTSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Former Soviet Union; Phylogenetics; Rabies; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LAGOPUS; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PROCYON LOTOR; RABIES VIRUS; VULPES CORSAC; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 13644267914     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.4.617     Document Type: Article

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