title: Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in Mongolia, 2005-2008.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of rabies virus (RABV) in Mongolia based on the nucleotide sequences of viral N gene. A total of 24 rabies-positive samples from seven different domestic and wild animal species collected in western and central Mongolia between 2005 and 2008 were examined for their N gene sequences. The results showed that the endemic Mongolian RABVs could be divided into two different groups closely related to the Steppe-type and Arctic-like viruses isolated in Russia.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Bazartseren
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boldbaatar
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Nasan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tuya
authors.forename: Purevtseren
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dulam
authors.forename: Damdinjav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Batchuluun
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okutani
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotaki
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; C099601:nucleocapsid protein, Rabies virus