Complete Genome and Molecular Epidemiological Data Infer the Maintenance of Rabies among Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in Namibia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Scott, Terence P ^a   Fischer, Melina ^b   Khaiseb, Siegfried ^c   Freuling, Conrad ^b   Höper, Dirk ^b   Hoffmann, Bernd ^b   Markotter, Wanda ^a   Müller, Thomas ^b   Nel, Louis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Central Veterinary Laboratories   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; JACKAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; JACKALS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATION; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RUMINANTS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84875157078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058739     Document Type: Article

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