Genetic diversity of Chinese rabies viruses: Evidence for the presence of two distinct clades in China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Zhang, Yong Zhen ^a   Xiong, Cheng Long ^a   Lin, Xian Dan ^b   Zhou, Dun Jin ^c   Jiang, Ren Jie ^d   Xiao, Qi You ^e   Xie, Xin Yao ^a   Yu, Xiang Xiang ^a   Tan, You Jiang ^a   Li, Ming Hui ^a   Ai, Quan Shan ^f   Zhang, Li Jie ^g   Zou, Yang ^a   Huang, Chun ^g   Fu, Zhen F ^h  

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

^b Wenzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Wuhan Centres for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d Yancheng Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^e Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Geographic distribution; Glycoprotein gene; Phylogeny; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THAILAND; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIET NAM; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN; CHINA; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 57549088309     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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