Elucidating the phylodynamics of endemic rabies virus in eastern Africa using whole-genome sequencing

Virus Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brunker, Kirstyn ^a,b,c   Marston, Denise A ^c   Horton, Daniel L ^c,d   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a,b   Fooks, Anthony R ^c   Kazwala, Rudovick ^e   Ngeleja, Chanasa ^f   Lembo, Tiziana ^a,b   Sambo, Maganga ^g   Mtema, Zacharia J ^g   Sikana, Lwitiko ^g   Wilkie, Gavin ^b   Biek, Roman ^a,b   Hampson, Katie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA)   (Tanzania)

^g IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Endemic; Phylodynamics; Rabies; RNA virus; Translocation; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014200628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20571577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ve/vev011     Document Type: Article

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