[Survey and anslysis of infection rate of dog rabies in the regions with high incidence of human rabies].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the situation of dog rabies and analyze it's relationship with human rabies.


METHODS
In Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan provinces which suffered from rabies most heavily, one or two cities were selected respectively from regions with high-, middle-, low-incidence rate of human rabies as investigation spots where Dogs' brain specimens were collected and detected with both direct immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and RT-PCR.


RESULTS
A total of 2887 specimens were collected and 66 of these were positive for IFA and RT-PCR. Therefore, the rate of positive specimens was 2.3%. However, there was not a close relationship in the incidence rate of dog rabies and human rabies.


CONCLUSIONS
Dog's infection situation of rabies contributed to the severe epidemic of human rabies.
Li
Hao
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Department of Viral Encephalitis, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
Tao
Xiao-Yan
XY
Song
Miao
M
Zhang
Qiang
Q
Mo
Zhao-Jun
ZJ
Zhou
Kai-Jiao
KJ
Zhang
Hong
H
Dai
De-Fang
DF
Wang
Ding-Ming
DM
Zhou
Jin-Zhun
JZ
Tang
Qing
Q
Liang
Guo-Dong
GD
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*