Abstract
Evidence in support of a novel lyssavirus was obtained from brain samples of an African civet in Tanzania. Results of phylogenetic analysis of nucleoprotein gene sequences from representative Lyssavirus species and this novel lyssavirus provided strong empirical evidence that this is a new lyssavirus species, designated Ikoma lyssavirus.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bayes Theorem
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Humans
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Lyssavirus / classification
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Lyssavirus / genetics
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Lyssavirus / isolation & purification*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Rabies / veterinary*
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Rabies / virology*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Tanzania
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Viverridae / virology*