Molecular epidemiology of rabies: Focus on domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) from northern South Africa

Virus Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Zulu, G C ^a,b   Sabeta, C T ^a   Nel, L H ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black backed jackal; Domestic dog; G L intergenic region; Rabies virus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DOG; GENE CLUSTER; GLYCOPROTEIN GENE; HOST; JACKAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; JACKALS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 61349113968     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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