Rapid communications Rabies in an Arctic fox on the Svalbard archipelago

• Main Authors: I Ørpetveit, B Ytrehus, T Vikøren, A Mjøs, S Nissen, H Blystad, A Lund (arve. Lund@vetinst. No
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Hopen; Norway; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Arctic Fox; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.5372; http://www.eurosurveillance.org/images/dynamic/EE/V16N07/art19797.pdf

We report a case of rabies in an Arctic fox. In January 2011 a fox attacked dogs belonging to a meteoro-logical station in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Rabies virus was detected in the fox’s brain post-mor-tem. The dogs had been vaccinated against rabies and their antibody levels were protectiv...