Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA

Identification of animals that are decomposing or have been run over or burnt and cannot be visually identified is a problem in the surveillance and control of infectious diseases. Many of these animals are wild and represent a valuable source of information for epidemiologic research as they may be...

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Main Authors: Pedro Carnieli Junior, Willian de Oliveira Fahl, Juliana Galera Castilho, Paulo Eduardo Brandão, Maria Luiza Carrieri, Ivanete Kotait
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600002&lng=en&tlng=en