Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian Regions of Tiirkiye, 2016-2021

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Yildiz D. A., ALKAN F.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.30, ss.117-123, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2023.30430
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.117-123
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Rabies can be transmitted through biting, contact of infected saliva with damaged skin, and high levels of aerosol exposure. Dog and fox-mediated rabies are endemic in Turkey. In this study, the N gene and the G-L intergenic region sequences were obtained from rabies-positive brain samples from Eastrern and Southeastern Anatolia (2016-2021). These sequences were analyzed with sequences available in GenBank. They were used to create phylogenetic trees, demonstrating that all sequences from this study belong to the three different subclades (ME1a, ME2 and, CA2) of Cosmopolitan clade. This study provides a better understanding of the molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in the mentioned regions will have benefits for continuing comprehensive rabies surveillance, prevention and control in Tiirkiye.