Molecular epidemiology of rabies in Botswana: A comparison between antibody typing and nucleotide sequence phylogeny

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Johnson, N ^a   Letshwenyo, M ^b   Baipoledi, E K ^b   Thobokwe, G ^b   Fooks, A R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Biotype; Botswana; MAb typing; Phylogenetics; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTSWANA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 2942585482     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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