Complex epidemiology of a zoonotic disease in a culturally diverse region: phylogeography of rabies virus in the Middle East.

• Main Authors: Daniel L Horton (Author), Lorraine M McElhinney (Author), Conrad M Freuling (Author), Denise A Marston (Author), Ashley C Banyard (Author), Hooman Goharrriz (Author), Emma Wise (Author), Andrew C Breed (Author), Greg Saturday (Author), Jolanta Kolodziejek (Author), Erika Zilahi (Author), Muhannad F Al-Kobaisi (Author), Norbert Nowotny (Author), Thomas Mueller (Author), Anthony R Fooks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Middle East is a culturally and politically diverse region at the gateway between Europe, Africa and Asia. Spatial dynamics of the fatal zoonotic disease rabies among countries of the Middle East and surrounding regions is poorly understood. An improved understanding of virus distribution is nec...