Rabies in the African Civet: An Incidental Host for Lyssaviruses?
In South Africa, canid rabies virus (RABV) infection is maintained in domestic and wildlife species. The identification of rabies in African civets raised the question of whether this wildlife carnivore is a potential reservoir host of RABVs of direct and ancestral dog origin (dog-maintained and dog...
Main Authors: | Claude T. Sabeta, Denise A. Marston, Lorraine M. McElhinney, Daniel L. Horton, Baby M. N. Phahladira, Anthony R. Fooks |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/4/368 |
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