Molecular epidemiology of rabies viruses in Europe.
Several different strains of classical rabies virus co-circulate in Europe. In order to investigate the roles of the host species and topography on the molecular epidemiology of these viruses, a 400 bp region of the nucleoprotein gene was sequenced and compared with more than 500 European virus isolates. Viruses from 21 European countries were represented including some unique panels of archived isolates from the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria. Phylogenetic analysis of 198 unique sequences demonstrated numerous groups of viruses clustered at both geographical and host-species levels.
McElhinney
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LM
Rabies and Wildlife Zoonoses Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), WHO Collaborating Centre for the Characterisation of Rabies and Rabies Related Viruses, Surrey, United Kingdom. l.mcelhinney@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Marston
D
D
Johnson
N
N
Black
C
C
Matouch
O
O
Lalosevic
D
D
Stankov
S
S
Must
K
K
Smreczak
M
M
Zmudzinski
I F
IF
Botvinkin
A
A
Aylan
O
O
Vanek
E
E
Cliquet
F
F
Muller
T
T
Fooks
A R
AR
D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; C099601:nucleocapsid protein, Rabies virus