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.
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1 July 2014
Reemergence of Rabies in the Southern Han River Region, Korea
Jae-Ku Oem,
Seong-Hee Kim,
Yeon-Hee Kim,
Myoung-Heon Lee,
Kyoung-Ki Lee
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 50 • No. 3
July 2014
Vol. 50 • No. 3
July 2014
emergence
phylogenetic analysis
rabies virus
raccoon dog