Epidemiology of rabid bats in France, 1989 to 2002

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 774-777

  Picard Meyer, E ^a   Barrat, J ^a   Wasniewski, M ^a   Wandeller, A ^b   Nadin Davis, S ^b   Lowings, J P ^c   Fooks, A R ^c   McElhinney, L ^c   Bruyere V ^a   Cliquet, F ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BAT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 19944401834     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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