Complex Epidemiology of a Zoonotic Disease in a Culturally Diverse Region: Phylogeography of Rabies Virus in the Middle East

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Horton, Daniel L ^a,b   McElhinney, Lorraine M ^a,c   Freuling, Conrad M ^d   Marston, Denise A ^a   Banyard, Ashley C ^a   Goharrriz, Hooman ^a   Wise, Emma ^a   Breed, Andrew C ^a   Saturday, Greg ^e,f   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^g   Zilahi, Erika ^h   Al Kobaisi, Muhannad F ⁱ   Nowotny, Norbert ^g,i   Mueller, Thomas ^d   Fooks, Anthony R ^a,c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Formerly USAPHCR Europe Laboratory Sciences Veterinary Pathology   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^h UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

ⁱ SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84928782844     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003569     Document Type: Article

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