Evolutionary history of rabies in Ghana.

• Main Authors: David T S Hayman (Author), Nicholas Johnson (Author), Daniel L Horton (Author), Jessica Hedge (Author), Philip R Wakeley (Author), Ashley C Banyard (Author), Shoufeng Zhang (Author), Andy Alhassan (Author), Anthony R Fooks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 b...