title: Molecular epidemiology of rabies viruses in Europe.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: McElhinney
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matouch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lalosevic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stankov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Must
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smreczak
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Zmudzinski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botvinkin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aylan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cliquet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fooks
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; C099601:nucleocapsid protein, Rabies virus