Persistence of genetic variants of the arctic fox strain of Rabies virus in southern Ontario

• Main Authors: Nadin-Davis, Susan A., Muldoon, Frances, Wandeler, Alexander I.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Veterinary Medical Association 2006
• Subjects: Articles; Arctic; North Bay; Arctic Fox; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325089; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16548327

Genetic-variant analysis of rabies viruses provides the most sensitive epidemiologic tool for following the spread and persistence of these viruses in their wildlife hosts. Since its introduction by a southern epizootic movement that began in the far north, the arctic fox (AFX) strain of Rabies viru...