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Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Research

Emergence of Arctic-like Rabies Lineage in India

Susan A. Nadin-Davis*Comments to Author , Geoff Turner*, Joel P. V. Paul†1, Shampur N. Madhusudana†, and Alexander I. Wandeler*

Author affiliations: *Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; †National Institute for Mental Health; Neurosciences, Bangalore, India;

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Figure 3

Map of mainland Asia. The locations from which Arctic and Arctic-like variants of the rabies virus have been recovered are shown in circles or ovals with the group designation (1, 2a, 2b, or 3) indicated in the center. Generation of this map was achieved in part by compiling data from 2 previous publications (19,21). Viral phylogroups previously designated as A and B (21) are equivalent to groups 1 and 3, respectively, in this study. B, Bangalore, G, Goa; H, Hyderabad; K, Kasauli; M, Madras.

Figure 3. Map of mainland Asia. The locations from which Arctic and Arctic-like variants of the rabies virus have been recovered are shown in circles or ovals with the group designation (1, 2a, 2b, or 3) indicated in the center. Generation of this map was achieved in part by compiling data from 2 previous publications (19,21). Viral phylogroups previously designated as A and B (21) are equivalent to groups 1 and 3, respectively, in this study. B, Bangalore, G, Goa; H, Hyderabad; K, Kasauli; M, Madras.

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1Current affiliation: University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

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