title: [Survey and anslysis of infection rate of dog rabies in the regions with high incidence of human rabies].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Encephalitis, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhao-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Kai-Jiao
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: De-Fang
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Ding-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin-Zhun
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Guo-Dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: 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*