A molecular epidemiological analysis of the incursion of the raccoon strain of rabies virus into Canada

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 534-547

  Nadin Davis, S A ^a   Muldoon, F ^a   Wandeler, A I ^a  

^a Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS;

EID: 33646143816     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005108     Document Type: Article

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