title: Reemergence of rabies in the southern Han river region, Korea.
abstract: Recently, 11 cases of animal rabies were reported in the southern region (Suwon and Hwaseong cities) of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The cases were temporally separated into two cases in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in spring 2012 and nine cases in domestic animals and wildlife in winter 2012-13. All carcasses were submitted for histopathologic examination and viral antigen identification. Sequences of the glycoprotein, nucleoprotein, and glycoprotein-large polymerase protein intergenic noncoding loci of the 11 strains were determined and compared with published reference sequences. All rabies strains were closely related to the Gangwon strains isolated in 2008-09, suggesting that the rabies virus strains isolated in Gyeonggi were introduced from Gangwon Province.
authors.affiliation: 1  Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 480 Anyang-6-Dong, Anyang 430-824, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Ku
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Oem
authors.forename: Seong-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myoung-Heon
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung-Ki
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D046031:Raccoon Dogs; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Emergence; phylogenetic analysis; rabies virus; raccoon dog