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Origins of the rabies viruses associated with an outbreak in Newfoundland during 2002-2003.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Jan 2008
Nadin-Davis Susan, Muldoon Frances, Whitney Hugh, Wandeler Alexander I
Abstract excerpt
After being free of rabies of terrestrial mammals since 1988, an outbreak of rabies occurred on the Island of Newfoundland in December 2002 and continued into the middle of 2003. Twenty-one cases, all due to the arctic fox strain of rabies virus, were reported. To explore the immediate origins of this outbreak, viruses from the Newfoundland epizootic were genetically compared to two other rabies viruses recovered...
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