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Molecular characterization of rabies virus isolates from Mexico: implications for transmission dynamics and human risk.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 1999
De Mattos C C, De Mattos C A, Loza-Rubio E, Aguilar-Setién A, Orciari L A, Smith J S
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Twenty-eight samples from humans and domestic and wild animals collected in Mexico between 1990 and 1995 were characterized by using anti-nucleoprotein monoclonal antibodies and limited sequence analysis of the nucleoprotein gene. The variants of rabies viruses identified in these samples were compared with other isolates from Mexico and the rest of the Americas to establish epidemiologic links between cases and...
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