Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
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Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya
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![Phylogenetic tree of virus genomes from a study of geographic distribution of rabies virus and genomic sequence alignment of wild and vaccine strains, Kenya. The tree was constructed from whole-genome sequences by using MAD DOG (44). All genomes were of Cosmopolitan clade, subclades Africa-1a or Africa-1b, and were further delineated into a total of 14 distinct lineages, 8 from western Kenya and 5 in eastern Kenya. One lineage from eastern Kenya was unclassified. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.](/eid/images/23-0876-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of virus genomes from a study of geographic distribution of rabies virus and genomic sequence alignment of wild and vaccine strains, Kenya. The tree was constructed from whole-genome sequences by using MAD DOG (44). All genomes were of Cosmopolitan clade, subclades Africa-1a or Africa-1b, and were further delineated into a total of 14 distinct lineages, 8 from western Kenya and 5 in eastern Kenya. One lineage from eastern Kenya was unclassified. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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