Molecular epidemiology of the rabies virus in Slovenia 1994-2010

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Rihtaric D ^a   Hostnik, P ^a   Grom, J ^a   Toplak, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Rabies virus; Sequencing; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAT; CATTLE; DOG; FOX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RABIES VIRUS; SLOVENIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; FOXES; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SLOVENIA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; RABIES VIRUS; VULPES;

EID: 79960390256     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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