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Epidemics
New epidemics study findings have been published by Y.Z. Zhang and colleagues
March 31st, 2009
According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "There have been three major rabies epidemics in China since the 1950s. To gain more insights into the molecular epidemiology of rabies viruses (RVs) for the third (the Current) epidemic, we isolated RV from clogs and humans in major endemic areas, and characterized these isolates genetically by sequencing the entire glycoprotein (G) gene and the G-L non-coding region." "These sequences were also compared phylogenetically with RVs isolated in China during previous epidemics and those around the world. Comparison of the entire G genes among the Chinese isolates revealed up to 21.8% divergence at the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-31)
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