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SUBMITTER: Talbi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965766 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Talbi Chiraz C Lemey Philippe P Suchard Marc A MA Abdelatif Elbia E Elharrak Mehdi M Nourlil Jalal J Faouzi Abdellah A Echevarría Juan E JE Vazquez Morón Sonia S Rambaut Andrew A Campiz Nicholas N Tatem Andrew J AJ Holmes Edward C EC Bourhy Hervé H
PLoS pathogens 20101028 10
Understanding the role of humans in the dispersal of predominantly animal pathogens is essential for their control. We used newly developed Bayesian phylogeographic methods to unravel the dynamics and determinants of the spread of dog rabies virus (RABV) in North Africa. Each of the countries studied exhibited largely disconnected spatial dynamics with major geopolitical boundaries acting as barriers to gene flow. Road distances proved to be better predictors of the movement of dog RABV than acc ...[more]