Ikoma Lyssavirus, Highly Divergent Novel Lyssavirus in an African Civet
Evidence in support of a novel lyssavirus was obtained from brain samples of an African civet in Tanzania. Results of phylogenetic analysis of nucleoprotein gene sequences from representative Lyssavirus species and this novel lyssavirus provided strong empirical evidence that this is a new lyssaviru...
Main Authors: | Denise A. Marston, Daniel L. Horton, Chanasa Ngeleja, Katie Hampson, Lorraine M. McElhinney, Ashley C. Banyard, Daniel Haydon, Sarah Cleaveland, Charles E. Rupprecht, Machunde Bigambo, Anthony R. Fooks, Tiziana Lembo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012-04-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/4/11-1553_article |
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