Lyssaviruses: Special Emphasis on Rabies Virus and Other Members of the Lyssavirus Genus

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 665, Issue , 2011, Pages 279-307

  Harkess, Graeme ^a   Fooks, Anthony R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assay; Lyssavirus; Rabies; RNA virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955876288     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-817-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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