A molecular epidemiological study targeting the glycoprotein gene of rabies virus isolates from China

Virus Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 125-138

  Meng, Sheng Li ^a   Yan, Jia Xin ^a   Xu, Ge Lin ^a   Nadin Davis, Susan A ^b   Ming, Ping Gang ^a   Liu, Sheng Ya ^a   Wu, Jie ^a   Ming, He Tian ^c   Zhu, Feng Cai ^d   Zhou, Dun Jin ^e   Xiao, Qi You ^f   Dong, Guan Mu ^g   Yang, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Biological Products   (China)

^b Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

^c Fuyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^f Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

Author keywords

China; G gene; Molecular epidemiology; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DEER; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; LYSSAVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 33846863176     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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