Typing of the rabies virus in Chile, 2002-2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2157-2162

  Yung, V ^a   Favi, M ^a   Fernandez, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antigenic variant; bats; phylogenetic analysis; rabies

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

BAT; CHILE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATS; CHILE; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84869402013     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000520     Document Type: Review

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