A molecular epidemiological study of rabies in Puerto Rico

Virus Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-15

  Nadin Davis, Susan A ^a   Velez, Jafet ^b   Malaga, Carlos ^c   Wandeler, Alexander I ^a  

^a Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Mongoose; Phosphoprotein gene; Phylogeny; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HERPESTIDAE; PUERTO RICO; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HERPESTIDAE; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 37048999770     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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