Bull Vet Inst Pulawy 55, 555-561, 2011

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RABIES OUTBREAK IN MAŁOPOLSKA REGION IN POLAND IN 201

ANNA ORŁOWSKA, MARCIN SMRECZAK, PAWEŁ TRĘBAS, AND JAN F. ŻMUDZIŃSKI

The paper describes a rabies outbreak in Malopolska voivodeship in 2010 after seven years without of rabies cases in this region, and a phylogenetic study of rabies isolates collected from this area with known variants of rabies virus circulating in Europe. The study excludes implication of rabies vaccine strain, used for oral vaccination of foxes, in the outbreak. The results of phylogenetic investigations revealed the highest similarity of Małopolska isolates to previously established North-Eastern European rabies virus group widely spread in Europe including Poland.

Key words: rabies, heminested RT-PCR, phylogenetic analysis.