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Evolutionary history of dog rabies in Brazil.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2011
Kobayashi Yuki, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Itou Takuya, Ito Fumio H, Sakai Takeo, Gojobori Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Although dogs are considered to be the principal transmitter of rabies in Brazil, dog rabies had never been recorded in South America before European colonization. In order to investigate the evolutionary history of dog rabies virus (RABV) in Brazil, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of carnivore RABV isolates from around the world and estimated the divergence times for dog RABV in Brazil. Our estimate for the...
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