Novel sylvatic rabies virus variant in endangered golden palm civet, Sri Lanka

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2346-2349

  Matsumoto, Takashi ^a   Ahmed, Kamuddin ^a   Wimalaratne, Omala ^b   Nanayakkara, Susilakanthi ^b   Perera, Devika ^b   Karunanayake, Dushantha ^b   Nishizono, Akira ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTB GENE; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALM CIVET; PHYLOGENY; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84930479212     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110811     Document Type: Article

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