Genetic analysis of four human rabies cases reported in Turkey between 2002 and 2006

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1185-1189

  Un, H ^a   Johnson, N ^b   Vos, A ^c   Muller, T ^d   Fooks, A R ^b   Aylan, O ^a  

^a Etlik Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute (ECVCRI)   (Turkey)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dessau Rosslau   (Germany)

^d Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Rabies virus; Transmission; Turkey

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SMEAR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 70649083012     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02791.x     Document Type: Article

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