Characterization of Rabies virus isolated from canids and identification of the main wild canid host in Northeastern Brazil

Virus Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-46

  Carnieli Jr , Pedro ^a   Fahl, Willian de Oliveira ^a   Castilho, Juliana Galera ^a   Oliveira, Rafael de Novaes ^a   Macedo, Carla Isabel ^a   Durymanova, Ekaterina ^a   Jorge, Rodrigo S P ^b   Morato, Ronaldo G ^b   Spíndola, Romualdo O ^c   Machado, Lindenrberg M ^d   Sá, José E Úngar de ^e   Carrieri, Maria Luiza ^a   Kotait, Ivanete ^a  

^a Instituto Pasteur de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b University of de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Operações de Emergências em Saúde Pública   (Brazil)

^d Laboratório de Apoio Animal   (Brazil)

^e LACEN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerdocyon thous; Molecular epidemiology; mtDNA; Nucleoprotein; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; CERDOCYON THOUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DUSICYON THOUS; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 36849040545     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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