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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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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.

Wildlife Disease Association 2014
Jae-Ku Oem, Seong-Hee Kim, Yeon-Hee Kim, Myoung-Heon Lee, and Kyoung-Ki Lee "Reemergence of Rabies in the Southern Han River Region, Korea," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(3), 681-688, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-07-177
Received: 23 July 2013; Accepted: 1 October 2014; Published: 1 July 2014
KEYWORDS
emergence
phylogenetic analysis
rabies virus
raccoon dog
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