Molecular Epidemiology of Bat Lyssaviruses in Europe

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-45

  Mcelhinney, L M ^a,b   Marston, D A ^a   Leech, S ^a   Freuling, C M ^c   van der Poel, W H M ^b,d   Echevarria, J ^e   Vazquez Moron S ^e   Horton, D L ^a   Muller T ^c   Fooks, A R ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bat; Europe; European bat lyssavirus; Molecular epidemiology; Rabies; Virus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BAT; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 1; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 2; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EUROPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 1; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 2; LYSSAVIRUS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; WEST CAUCASIAN BAT VIRUS;

EID: 84872271512     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12003     Document Type: Article

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