Rabies virus strains circulating in Bhutan: Implications for control

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1457-1462

  Tenzin, ^a,b   Wacharapluesadee, S ^c   Denduangboripant, J ^c   Dhand, N K ^a   Dorji, R ^b   Tshering, D ^d   Rinzin, K ^d   Raika, V ^d   Dahal, N ^d   Ward, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Regional Livestock Development Centre   (Bhutan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d National Centre for Animal Health   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Arctic like virus; Bhutan; Molecular epidemiology; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; N GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BHUTAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 80053053447     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002682     Document Type: Article

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