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Evidence for different lineages of rinderpest virus reflecting their geographic isolation.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Dec 1993
Chamberlain R W, Wamwayi H M, Hockley E, Shaila M S, Goatley L, Knowles N J, Barrett T
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Sequence analysis of part of the fusion protein gene from recent isolates of rinderpest virus revealed that distinct lineages of the virus exist which reflect the geographical location of their isolation in Africa and Asia. Current strains circulating in Kenya and Sudan were most similar, both in terms of nucleotide sequence and pathogenic nature, to viruses isolated in Egypt and in Nigeria in 1983/1984 and they...
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