Epidemiology and molecular diversity of rabies viruses in Bulgaria

@article{Robardet2013EpidemiologyAM,
  title={Epidemiology and molecular diversity of rabies viruses in Bulgaria},
  author={Emmanuelle Robardet and Darinka Ilieva and Emil Iliev and Emil Gagnev and Evelyne Picard-Meyer and Florence Cliquet},
  journal={Epidemiology and Infection},
  year={2013},
  volume={142},
  pages={871 - 877}
}
SUMMARY A health emergency situation occurred in Bulgaria in 2007 when positive rabies cases were notified in Sofia district in the central-western part of the country, suggesting a southward spread of the disease for the first time in the last 10 years. Phylogenetic analysis on 49 isolates sampled between 2009 and 2011 showed, for the first time, evidence of the existence of NEE and D clustered lineages in Bulgaria. Their geographical distribution clearly reveals the permeability of natural… 
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