Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus

Rowan Durrant; Christina A. Cobbold; Kirstyn Brunker; Kathryn Campbell; Jonathan Dushoff; Elaine A. Ferguson; Gurdeep Jaswant; Ahmed Lugelo; Kennedy Lushasi; Lwitiko Sikana; Katie Hampson

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740

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Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus

Rowan Durrant ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: r.durrant.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9742-2052

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Christina A. Cobbold,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Kirstyn Brunker,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Kathryn Campbell,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Dushoff,

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, M. G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Elaine A. Ferguson,

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gurdeep Jaswant,

Roles Resources

Affiliations Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID), Nairobi, Kenya, Tanzania Industrial Research Development Organisation (TIRDO), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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Ahmed Lugelo,

Roles Resources

Affiliations Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, Global Animal Health Tanzania, Arusha, Tanzania
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Kennedy Lushasi,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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Lwitiko Sikana,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania
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Katie Hampson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus

Rowan Durrant,
Christina A. Cobbold,
Kirstyn Brunker,
Kathryn Campbell,
Jonathan Dushoff,
Elaine A. Ferguson,
Gurdeep Jaswant,
Ahmed Lugelo,
Kennedy Lushasi,
Lwitiko Sikana

Published: November 25, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012740

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