Genetic evidence for domestic raccoon dog rabies caused by Arctic-like rabies virus in Inner Mongolia, China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-635

  Shao, X Q ^a   Yan, X J ^a   Luo, G L ^a   Zhang, H L ^a   Chai, X L ^a   Wang, F X ^a   Wang, J K ^a   Zhao, J J ^a   Wu, W ^a   Cheng, S P ^a   Yang, F H ^a   Qin, X C ^b   Zhang, Y Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic like virus; rabies outbreak; rabies virus; raccoon dog

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON DOG; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHINA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON DOGS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79955676275     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001263     Document Type: Article

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