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Evolutionary history of rabies in Ghana.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 5 Apr 2011
Hayman David T S, Johnson Nicholas, Horton Daniel L, Hedge Jessica, Wakeley Philip R, Banyard Ashley C, Zhang Shoufeng, Alhassan Andy, Fooks Anthony R
Abstract excerpt
Rabies virus (RABV) is enzootic throughout Africa, with the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) being the principal vector. Dog rabies is estimated to cause 24,000 human deaths per year in Africa, however, this estimate is still considered to be conservative. Two sub-Saharan African RABV lineages have been detected in West Africa. Lineage 2 is present throughout West Africa, whereas Africa 1a dominates in northern...
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