Evolution of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from the Iberian Peninsula

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 368-373

  Muller, A ^a   Freitas, J ^a   Silva, E ^a   Le Gall Recule G ^b   Zwingelstein, F ^b   Abrantes, J ^a,c   Esteves, P J ^c   Alves, P C ^a,c   van der Loo, W ^a,c   Kolodziejek, J ^d,e   Nowotny, N ^d   Thompson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d Clinical Virology   (Austria)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Phylogeny; RHDV; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; LAGOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RABBIT; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRANCE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; LIVER; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 62149127401     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.057     Document Type: Article

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