Molecular epidemiology of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in australia: When one became many

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 408-420

  Kovaliski, John ^a,b   Sinclair, Ron ^a,b   Mutze, Greg ^a,b   Peacock, David ^a,b   Strive, Tanja ^b,c   Abrantes, Joana ^d,e   Esteves, Pedro J ^e,f   Holmes, Edward C ^g  

^a Biosecurity South Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

^g University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Epidemiology; European rabbit; Evolution; Phylogeny; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

Indexed keywords

LAGOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS ASSOCIATED RNA; GENETIC MARKER; VIRAL PROTEIN 60, RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84891832664     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12596     Document Type: Article

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