No rabies detected in voles and field mice in a rabies-endemic area.
Brain samples were collected from 514 voles and wild mice in Estonia, and examined for rabies. The samples were tested with antigen ELISA, and 8.6% of them additionally by virus isolation assay. The results were negative. Our data show that in areas of north-eastern Europe, where rabies is endemic in raccoon dogs and red foxes, populations of smaller mammals may remain free of rabies.
Kulonen
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National Veterinary and Food Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
Boldina
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D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D004957:Estonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D009115:Muridae; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*