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Molecular epidemiology and a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for diagnosis of infection with rabies virus in Zambia.
Virus research - 1 Jan 2012
Muleya Walter, Namangala Boniface, Mweene Aaron, Zulu Luke, Fandamu Paul, Banda Douglas, Kimura Takashi, Sawa Hirofumi, Ishii Akihiro
Abstract excerpt
The National Livestock Epidemiology and Information Center (NALEIC) in Zambia reported over 132 cases of canine rabies diagnosed by the direct fluorescent antibody test (DFAT) from 2004 to 2009. In this study, the lineage of rabies virus (RABV) in Zambia was determined by phylogenetic analysis of the nucleoprotein (N) and glycoprotein (G) gene sequences. Total RNA was extracted from 87-DFAT brain specimens out of...
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