Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi
June 2008
Objective: To investigate the situation of dog rabies and analyze it's relationship with human rabies.
Methods: In Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan provinces which suffered from rabies most heavily, one or two cities were selected respectively from regions with high-, middle-, low-incidence rate of human rabies as investigation spots where Dogs' brain specimens were collected and detected with both direct immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and RT-PCR.
Results: A total of 2887 specimens were collected and 66 of these were positive for IFA and RT-PCR.