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Tracing the origins of louping ill virus by molecular phylogenetic analysis.
The Journal of general virology - 1 May 1998
McGuire K, Holmes E C, Gao G F, Reid H W, Gould E A
Abstract excerpt
The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of louping ill (LI) virus isolates, collected from representative regions of the British Isles and Norway, were determined for either the entire envelope gene (20 isolates) or for a portion of the envelope gene that spans a hypervariable region and includes an LI virus specific marker sequence (53 isolates). Phylogenetic analysis reveals the presence of three major...
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