Mongoose rabies in southern Africa: A re-evaluation based on molecular epidemiology

Virus Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Nel, L H ^a   Sabeta, C T ^a   Von Teichman, B ^a   Jaftha, J B ^a   Rupprecht, C E ^b   Bingham, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycoprotein; Intergenic region; Lyssaviruses; Mongoose rabies

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CYTOPLASM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONGOOSE RABIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZIMBABWE;

HERPESTIDAE; LYSSAVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; VIVERRIDAE; VIVERRINAE;

EID: 14844329903     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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