[ Objective] To find the dominant rabies virus strains that are epidemic in Guangdong Province and thus to better prevent and control rabies. [ Method] Canine brains and salivary glands collected from several regions ...[ Objective] To find the dominant rabies virus strains that are epidemic in Guangdong Province and thus to better prevent and control rabies. [ Method] Canine brains and salivary glands collected from several regions of Guangdong Province were detected by direct imrnunofluorescence assay and nested RT-PCR. The isolates were further identified by intracranial inoculation in suckling mice. The N gene was amplified by RTPCR and the sequences were aligned with those of prevalent strains in Guangxi region and vaccine strains. [ Result] Two strains were isolated from specimens collected from Guangdong Province. Their N gene sequences had a high similarity of 97.9% -99.4% to those of Guangxi strains and also had a similarity of 87.7% -88.1% to those of vaccine strains of rabies virus. [ Conclusion] Apparently healthy dogs may carry rabies virus, and the prevalence of rabies virus shows obvious regional differences.展开更多
基金supported by the grants of the Surveillance,Prevention and Control Technology Research and Demonstration Projects for Animal Rabies ( Science and Education Department of the Ministry of Agriculture,200803014) the Public Laboratory Open Fund ( Host Ecology as well as Construction of Immune Surveillance and Control System,GSKJ090103)
文摘[ Objective] To find the dominant rabies virus strains that are epidemic in Guangdong Province and thus to better prevent and control rabies. [ Method] Canine brains and salivary glands collected from several regions of Guangdong Province were detected by direct imrnunofluorescence assay and nested RT-PCR. The isolates were further identified by intracranial inoculation in suckling mice. The N gene was amplified by RTPCR and the sequences were aligned with those of prevalent strains in Guangxi region and vaccine strains. [ Result] Two strains were isolated from specimens collected from Guangdong Province. Their N gene sequences had a high similarity of 97.9% -99.4% to those of Guangxi strains and also had a similarity of 87.7% -88.1% to those of vaccine strains of rabies virus. [ Conclusion] Apparently healthy dogs may carry rabies virus, and the prevalence of rabies virus shows obvious regional differences.
