Investigation of the role of healthy dogs as potential carriers of rabies virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-319

  Zhang, Yong Zhen ^a   Fu, Zhen F ^b   Wang, Ding Ming ^c   Zhou, Jing Zhu ^c   Wang, Zhao Xiao ^c   Lv, Tai Fu ^c   Xiong, Cheng Long ^a   Zou, Yang ^a   Yao, Wen Rong ^a   Li, Ming Hui ^a   Dong, Guan Mu ^d   Xu, Ge Lin ^e   Niezgoda, Michael ^f   Kuzmin, Ivan V ^f   Rupprecht, Charles E ^f  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d National Institution for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products   (China)

^e Wuhan Institute of Biological Products   (China)

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

Author keywords

China; Domestic dogs; Healthy carrier; Rabies; Virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTHANASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SALIVA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 45549092890     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0209     Document Type: Article

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