Novel Henipa-like virus, Mojiang Paramyxovirus, in rats, China, 2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1064-1066

  Wu, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Yang, Li ^a,b   Yang, Fan ^a,b   Ren, Xianwen ^a,b   Jiang, Jinyong ^c   Dong, Jie ^a,b   Sun, Lilian ^a,b   Zhu, Yafang ^a,b   Zhou, Hongning ^c   Jin, Qi ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BAT; CHINA; GENOME ANALYSIS; HENIPAVIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MOJIANG PARAMYXOVIRUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYEMRASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHREW; VIRUS GENE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RODENT DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENOME, VIRAL; HENIPAVIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84901060444     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2006.131022     Document Type: Letter

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