Molecular surveillance and phylogenetic analysis of Old World arenaviruses in Zambia

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue PART 10, 2012, Pages 2247-2251

  Ishii, Akihiro ^a,b   Thomas, Yuka ^a,b   Moonga, Ladslav ^b   Nakamura, Ichiro ^a,b   Ohnuma, Aiko ^a   Hang'ombe, Bernard M ^b   Takada, Ayato ^a,b   Mweene, Aaron S ^b   Sawa, Hirofumi ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; LUNK VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; ZAMBIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; RODENTIA; ZAMBIA;

ARENAVIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MUS MINUTOIDES; OLD WORLD ARENAVIRUSES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866307408     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.044099-0     Document Type: Article

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