Arctic Rabies – A Review

Rabies seems to persist throughout most arctic regions, and the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, is the only part of the Arctic where rabies has not been diagnosed in recent time. The arctic fox is the main host, and the same arctic virus variant seems to infect the arctic fox throughou...

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Published in:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Main Authors: Mørk, Torill, Prestrud, Pål
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2004
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820997
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15535081
https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-45-1
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1820997 2023-05-15T14:31:06+02:00 Arctic Rabies – A Review Mørk, Torill Prestrud, Pål 2004 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820997 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15535081 https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-45-1 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820997 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15535081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-45-1 Original Article Text 2004 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-45-1 2013-08-31T18:42:29Z Rabies seems to persist throughout most arctic regions, and the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, is the only part of the Arctic where rabies has not been diagnosed in recent time. The arctic fox is the main host, and the same arctic virus variant seems to infect the arctic fox throughout the range of this species. The epidemiology of rabies seems to have certain common characteristics in arctic regions, but main questions such as the maintenance and spread of the disease remains largely unknown. The virus has spread and initiated new epidemics also in other species such as the red fox and the racoon dog. Large land areas and cold climate complicate the control of the disease, but experimental oral vaccination of arctic foxes has been successful. This article summarises the current knowledge and the typical characteristics of arctic rabies including its distribution and epidemiology. Text Arctic Fox Arctic PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Norway Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 45 1 1
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