Comparative molecular characterisation of the rabies virus in the Lithuanian raccoon dog population

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Zienius, Dainius ^a   Zilinskas, Henrikas ^a   Sajute, Kristina ^a   Stankevicius, Arunas ^a  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Lithuania; Phylogenetics; Rabies; Rabies virus; Raccoon dog

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 69249126751     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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