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Molecular characterization of rabies virus isolated from dogs in Tunisia: evidence of two phylogenetic variants.
Virus research - 1 Jun 2011
Amouri Imen Khlif, Kharmachi Habib, Djebbi Ahlem, Saadi Mohamed, Hogga Nahed, Zakour Lotfi Ben, Ghram Abdeljelil
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In an attempt to explain temporal and geographical rabies incidence fluctuations in Tunisia, a molecular epidemiological study of rabies virus (RV) was carried out. A panel of RV isolates from dogs, collected between 1992 and 2003, from different regions in Tunisia have been analysed by direct sequencing of PCR-amplified products coding for the nucleoprotein gene. New sequences have been compared to prototype...
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