title: A new outbreak of rabies in rare Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis).
abstract: Between October 2008 and May 2009, five brain samples from the carcasses of the rare Ethiopian wolf (Canis simenensis) were submitted for rabies virus testing. Rabies virus was detected in all five samples, and this confirmed that a further outbreak of rabies had occurred within the wolf population in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. Sequence comparison of a partial fragment of the nucleoprotein-coding gene demonstrated that all viruses showed 100% sequence identity, suggesting a single introduction of rabies virus.
authors.affiliation: Rabies and Wildlife Zoonoses Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom. n.johnson2@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mansfield
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Selden
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hemson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Edea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Kesteren
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shiferaw
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sillero-Zubiri
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019596:Wolves