Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China.
Human rabies cases in the Guangxi province of China decreased from 839 in 1982 to 24 in 1995, but subsequently underwent a sharp increase, and has since maintained a high level.3,040 brain samples from normal dogs and cats were collected from 14 districts of Guangxi and assessed by RT-PCR. The brain...
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| author | Hai-Bo Tang Yan Pan Xian-Kai Wei Zhuan-Ling Lu Wu Lu Jian Yang Xiao-Xia He Lin-Juan Xie Lan Zeng Lie-Feng Zheng Yi Xiong Nobuyuki Minamoto Ting Rong Luo |
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| description | Human rabies cases in the Guangxi province of China decreased from 839 in 1982 to 24 in 1995, but subsequently underwent a sharp increase, and has since maintained a high level.3,040 brain samples from normal dogs and cats were collected from 14 districts of Guangxi and assessed by RT-PCR. The brain samples showed an average rabies virus (RV) positivity rate of 3.26%, but reached 4.71% for the period Apr 2002 to Dec 2003. A total of 30 isolates were obtained from normal dogs and 28 isolates from rabid animals by the mouse inoculation test (MIT). Six representative group I and II RV isolates showed an LD50 of 10-5.35/ml to 10-6.19/ml. The reactivity of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to group I and II RV isolates from the Guangxi major epidemic showed that eight anti-G MAbs showed strong reactivity with isolates of group I and II with titers of ≥10,000; however, the MAbs 9-6, 13-3 and 12-14 showed lower reactivity. Phylogenetic analysis based on the G gene demonstrated that the Guangxi RV isolates have similar topologies with strong bootstrap values and are closely bonded. Alignment of deduced amino acids revealed that the mature G protein has four substitutions A96S, L132F, N436S, and A447I specific to group I, and 13 substitutions T90M, Y168C, S204G, T249I, P253S, S289T, V332I, Q382H, V427I, L474P, R463K Q486H, and T487N specific to group II, coinciding with the phylogenetic analysis of the isolates.Re-emergence of human rabies has mainly occurred in rural areas of Guangxi since 1996. The human rabies incidence rate increased is related with RV positive rate of normal dogs. The Guangxi isolates tested showed a similar pathogenicity and antigenicity. The results of phylogenetic analysis coincide with that of alignment of deduced amino acids. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-517e880caca7430e85e909ef810413b82022-12-21T18:32:10ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-27271935-27352014-10-01810e311410.1371/journal.pntd.0003114Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China.Hai-Bo TangYan PanXian-Kai WeiZhuan-Ling LuWu LuJian YangXiao-Xia HeLin-Juan XieLan ZengLie-Feng ZhengYi XiongNobuyuki MinamotoTing Rong LuoHuman rabies cases in the Guangxi province of China decreased from 839 in 1982 to 24 in 1995, but subsequently underwent a sharp increase, and has since maintained a high level.3,040 brain samples from normal dogs and cats were collected from 14 districts of Guangxi and assessed by RT-PCR. The brain samples showed an average rabies virus (RV) positivity rate of 3.26%, but reached 4.71% for the period Apr 2002 to Dec 2003. A total of 30 isolates were obtained from normal dogs and 28 isolates from rabid animals by the mouse inoculation test (MIT). Six representative group I and II RV isolates showed an LD50 of 10-5.35/ml to 10-6.19/ml. The reactivity of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to group I and II RV isolates from the Guangxi major epidemic showed that eight anti-G MAbs showed strong reactivity with isolates of group I and II with titers of ≥10,000; however, the MAbs 9-6, 13-3 and 12-14 showed lower reactivity. Phylogenetic analysis based on the G gene demonstrated that the Guangxi RV isolates have similar topologies with strong bootstrap values and are closely bonded. Alignment of deduced amino acids revealed that the mature G protein has four substitutions A96S, L132F, N436S, and A447I specific to group I, and 13 substitutions T90M, Y168C, S204G, T249I, P253S, S289T, V332I, Q382H, V427I, L474P, R463K Q486H, and T487N specific to group II, coinciding with the phylogenetic analysis of the isolates.Re-emergence of human rabies has mainly occurred in rural areas of Guangxi since 1996. The human rabies incidence rate increased is related with RV positive rate of normal dogs. The Guangxi isolates tested showed a similar pathogenicity and antigenicity. The results of phylogenetic analysis coincide with that of alignment of deduced amino acids.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183421?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Hai-Bo Tang Yan Pan Xian-Kai Wei Zhuan-Ling Lu Wu Lu Jian Yang Xiao-Xia He Lin-Juan Xie Lan Zeng Lie-Feng Zheng Yi Xiong Nobuyuki Minamoto Ting Rong Luo Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| title | Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. |
| title_full | Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. |
| title_fullStr | Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. |
| title_short | Re-emergence of rabies in the Guangxi province of Southern China. |
| title_sort | re emergence of rabies in the guangxi province of southern china |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183421?pdf=render |
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