Year: 2013
Type: Article
Title: Molecular characterisation of rabies virus strains in the Republic of Macedonia
Author: Picard-Meyer, Evelyne
Author: Mrenoshki, Slavcho
Author: Milicevic, Vesna
Author: Ilieva, Darinka
Author: Cvetkovikj, Iskra
Author: Cvetkovikj, Aleksandar
Author: Krstevski, Kiril
Author: Dzhadzhovski, Igor
Author: Robardet, Emmanuelle
Author: Gagnev, Emil
Author: Iliev, Emil
Author: Plavsic, Budimir
Author: Kirandjiski, Toni
Author: Cliquet, Florence
Abstract: Rabies, a worldwide zoonosis, remains a public-health concern despite oral wildlife vaccination in Europe. After a ten-year break, Macedonia reported eight rabies cases in 2011-2012. Two countries (Serbia and Bulgaria) bordering Macedonia are reporting cases in domestic and wild animals. This report describes the genetic characterisation of eight isolates from Macedonia compared with representative samples from neighbouring countries. All of the isolates tested belong to the Eastern European group, with a high degree of nucleotide sequence identity in the nucleoprotein gene. The close genetic relationship between isolates from the three bordering countries suggests that wildlife is responsible for rabies movements in the region.
Publisher: Springer Nature
Relation: Archives of virology
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/1945
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/1945Identifier: 10.1007/s00705-012-1466-9
Identifier: http://www.springerlink.com/index/pdf/10.1007/s00705-012-1466-9Identifier: 158
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