Lagos bat virus, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 504-506

  Markotter, Wanda ^a   Randles, Jenny ^b   Rupprecht, Charles E ^c   Sabeta, Claude T ^d   Taylor, Peter J ^e   Wandeler, Alex I ^f   Nel, Louis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Allerton Prov Veterinary Laboratory   (South Africa)

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

^d ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^f CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAT; BITE WOUND; CARCASS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LAGOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 33644540499     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.051306     Document Type: Article

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