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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-four suspected rabid brain samples from 2 humans, 24 dogs, 4 cats, 2 mongooses, I jackal and I water buffalo were collected in 1995-1996 in Sri Lanka. Total RNA was extracted directly from brain suspensions and examined using a one-step reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for the rabies virus nucleoprotein (N) gene. Twenty-eight samples were found positive for the virus N gene by RT-PCR and also for the virus antigens by fluorescent antibody (FA) test. Rabies virus isolates obtained from different animal species in different regions of Sri Lanka were genetically homogenous. Sequences of 203 nucleotides (nt)-long RT-PCR products obtained from 16 of 27 samples were found identical. Sequences of 1350 nt of N genes of 14 RT-PCR products were determined. The Sri Lanka isolates under study formed a specific cluster that included also an earlier isolate from India but did not include the known isolates from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Israel, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Nepal, Philippines, Japan and from several other countries. These results suggest that one type of rabies virus is circulating among human, dog, cat, mongoose, jackal and water buffalo living near Colombo City and in other five remote regions in Sri Lanka.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-723X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
327-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Buffaloes, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Carnivora, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Herpestidae, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Nucleocapsid, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Nucleocapsid Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Rabies virus, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Sequence Analysis, RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12083333-Sri Lanka
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of Sri Lanka rabies virus isolates using nucleotide sequence analysis of nucleoprotein gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. yarai@nih.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study