Complete genome sequence of a peste des petits ruminants virus recovered from an Alpine goat during an outbreak in Morocco in 2008

Genome Announcements

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Muniraju, Murali ^a   Harrak, Mehdi El ^b   Bao, Jingyue ^c   Parthiban, Aravindh Babu Ramasamy ^a   Banyard, Ashley C ^d   Batten, Carrie ^a   Parida, Satya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratoire de Virologie   (Morocco)

^c CHINA ANIMAL HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER   (China)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84997234991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00096-13     Document Type: Article

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