Genetic Tracking of the Raccoon Variant of Rabies Virus in Eastern North America

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-87

  Szanto, Annamaria G ^a   Nadin Davis, Susan A ^b   Rosatte, Richard C ^a   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield   (Canada)

Author keywords

G L non coding region; Phylogenetic analysis; Rabies management; Raccoon variant of rabies virus

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CANADA; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; CANADA; DNA PRIMERS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952694020     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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