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Genetic diversity of Chinese rabies viruses: evidence for the presence of two distinct clades in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Zhang Yong-Zhen, Xiong Cheng-Long, Lin Xian-Dan, Zhou Dun-Jin, Jiang Ren-Jie, Xiao Qi-You, Xie Xin-Yao, Yu Xiang-Xiang, Tan You-Jiang, Li Ming Hui, Ai Quan-Shan, Zhang Li-Jie, Zou Yang, Huang Chun, Fu Zhen F
Abstract excerpt
There have been three major rabies epidemics in China since the 1950s. To gain more insights into the molecular epidemiology of rabies viruses (RVs) for the third (the current) epidemic, we isolated RV from dogs and humans in major endemic areas, and characterized these isolates genetically by sequencing the entire glycoprotein (G) gene and the G-L non-coding region. These sequences were also compared...
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