The spread and evolution of rabies virus: Conquering new frontiers

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 241-255

  Fisher, Christine R ^a   Streicker, Daniel G ^b,c   Schnell, Matthias J ^a,d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST RANGE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85043527513     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2018.11     Document Type: Review

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