Phylogenetic comparison of rabies viruses from disease outbreaks on the Svalbard Islands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-460

  Johnson, N ^a   Dicker, A ^a   Mork, T ^b   Marston, D A ^a   Fooks, A R ^a   Tryland, M ^c   Fuglei, E ^d   Muller T ^e  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Transmission; Vector borne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EPIDEMIC; FOX; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOXES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SVALBARD;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 35148868137     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0555     Document Type: Article

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