Emerging epidemic dog rabies in coastal South Africa: A molecular epidemiological analysis

Virus Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 186-195

  Coetzee, Peter ^a   Nel, Louis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black backed jackal; Dog; Eastern Cape; G L intergenic region; KwaZulu Natal; Molecular epidemiology; Pseudogene; Rabies; South Africa; Yellow mongoose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RESERVOIR; SEASHORE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; CYNICTIS PENICILLATA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 34248229110     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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