title: Genetic characterisation of rabies virus isolates in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
abstract: Serotyping of five rabies virus isolates with monoclonal anti-nucleoprotein antibodies for classical rabies virus and rabies-related viruses and phylogenetic relationships among sequences indicate that viruses circulating in population of animals in Bosnia and Herzegovina belong to the sero-genotype 1 of classical rabies virus. Phylogenetic relationships among sequences of our viruses have shown the presence of two phylogenetic lines, one which is present in the northwestern part and other which is present in the northeastern part of the country. Our viruses are closely related to Westeuropean isolates of rabies virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, Sarajevo 71 000, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
authors.forename: Ramiz
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Velić
authors.forename: Tarik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bajrović
authors.forename: Sukrija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zvizdić
authors.forename: Lejla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velić
authors.forename: Sadeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamzić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D005589:Foxes; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D004279:DNA, Viral; D009687:Nuclear Proteins