A new outbreak of rabies in rare Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis)

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1175-1177

  Johnson, N ^a   Mansfield, K L ^a   Marston, D A ^a   Wilson, C ^a   Goddard, T ^a   Selden, D ^a   Hemson, G ^b,c   Edea, L ^c   van Kesteren, F ^b,c   Shiferaw, F ^d   Stewart, A E ^b,c   Sillero Zubiri, C ^b,c   Fooks, A R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME   (Ethiopia)

^d Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; WOLVES;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 77954245043     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0689-x     Document Type: Article

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