Réapparition de la rage en France. Premier cas chez un Renard dans la Moselle.

Atanasiu, P; Gamet, A; Gravière, P.; Guilloux, M. Le; Guillon, J.-C.; Vallee, A; Lavault, R.; Saorine, A.

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“…A similar east to west movement was previously documented in tick-borne flaviviruses, a process which perhaps took around 2000 years to unfold (Zanotto et al , 1995 ). The spread of rabies viruses that we describe clearly occurred much more recently than this, as is evident from the epidemiological records of rabies cases this century (Zunker, 1954 ; Seroka, 1968 ; Atanasiu, 1968 ).…”

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“…Although the virus initially failed to adapt to red foxes, as shown in the records of animal deaths (Barbier, 1929 ; Jaujou, 1949 ; Steck & Wandeler, 1980 ; Blancou et al , 1991 ), by 1940–1945 rabies-infected foxes were regularly found at the former Russian–Polish border (Zunker, 1954 ) and in the region of Gdansk in northern Poland (Seroka, 1968 ). Subsequently, the infection of red foxes spread to the rest of Europe, reaching France by 1968 (Atanasiu et al , 1968 ).…”

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Ecology and evolution of rabies virus in Europe

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Audry

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Journal of General Virology

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The evolution of rabies viruses of predominantly European origin was studied by comparing nucleotide sequences of the nucleoprotein and glycoprotein genes, and by typing isolates using RFLP. Phylogenetic analysis of the gene sequence data revealed a number of distinct groups, each associated with a particular geographical area. Such a pattern suggests that rabies virus has spread westwards and southwards across Europe during this century, but that physical barriers such as the Vistula river in Poland have enabled localized evolution. During this dispersal process, two species jumps took place -one into red foxes and another into raccoon dogs, although it is unclear whether virus strains are preferentially adapted to particular animal species or whether ecological forces explain the occurrence of the phylogenetic groups.

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confidence: 99%