Emergence of lyssaviruses in the old world: The case of Africa

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 315, Issue , 2007, Pages 161-193

  Nel, L H ^a   Rupprecht, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; RHABDOVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; LAGOS BAT VIRUS; LYCAON PICTUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MOKOLA VIRUS; RABIES VIRUS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34748824166     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70962-6_8     Document Type: Review

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