Rabies in South Indian Cows: An evidence of Sri Lankan Rabies virus variant infection based on the analysis of partial nucleoprotein gene

Indian Journal of Virology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  AravindhBabu, R P ^a,b   Manoharan, S ^a   Ramadass, P ^a   Chandran, N D J ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; Rabies; Sri Lankan variant

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; COW; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SEQUENCE; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 84856241581     PISSN: 09702822     EISSN: 09740120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13337-011-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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