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ArticleViruses2021

Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies in Wild Canidae in Tunisia.

Zied Bouslama, Habib Kharmachi, Nourhene Basdouri, Jihen Ben Salem, Samia Ben Maiez, Mariem Handous, Mohamed Saadi, Abdeljalil Ghram, Imed Turki

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Arctic-like lineage of rabies virus detected in Indian wild fox: a case study.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zied BouslamaLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Habib KharmachiLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Nourhene BasdouriLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Jihen Ben SalemLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Samia Ben MaiezLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Mariem HandousLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-7494-0463
Mohamed SaadiLaboratory for Rabies Diagnostics, Institute Pasteur of Tunis, Belvedere, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Abdeljalil GhramLaboratory of Epidemiology and Veterinary Microbiology, LR 16 IPT 03, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia.
Imed TurkiService des Maladies Contagieuses, Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire-Sidi Thabet, Université Manouba, Sidi Thabet 2020, Tunisia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rabies is a viral zoonosis that is transmissible to humans via domestic and wild animals. There are two epidemiological cycles for rabies, the urban and the sylvatic cycles. In an attempt to study the epidemiological role of wild canidae in rabies transmission, the present study aimed to analyze the genetic characteristics of virus isolates and confirm prior suggestions that rabies is maintained through a dog reservoir in Tunisia. Virus strains isolated from wild canidae were subject to viral sequencing, and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis was performed using Beast2 software. Essentially, the virus strains isolated from wild canidae belonged to the Africa-1 clade, which clearly diverges from fox-related strains. Our study also demonstrated that genetic characteristics of the virus isolates were not as distinct as could be expected if a wild reservoir had already existed. On the contrary, the geographic landscape is responsible for the genetic diversity of the virus. The landscape itself could have also acted as a natural barrier to the spread of the virus.

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AnimalsAnimals, WildCanidaeDisease ReservoirsDogsEvolution, MolecularFoxesGenetic VariationJackalsMolecular EpidemiologyPhylogenyRabiesRabies virusTunisiaphylogenyrabiesTunisiawild canidae

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PMID34960742
PMCPMC8703460

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