[Epidemiological analysis on rubella cases in Songyang County in 2004].

Objective: To know the epidemiological characteristics of rubella case reported in Songyang County in 2004, and to know new ways of rubella control.

Method: To analyze the epidemiology on the rubella cases reported in Songyang County in 2004.

Results: In 2004, 195 rubella cases were reported, and the reported rubella incidence was 84.

[New animal hosts of rabies virus in mountain areas in Zhejiang province].

Objective: To understand the prevalence of rabies among wild animals and the animal species in rabies epidemic areas of Zhejiang province.

Methods: One hundred and sixty samples were collected from the brain tissues of cats, stoats, Apodemus agrarius, Moschus chinensis, and Sus scrofa in Lishui and Chunan cities of Zhejiang province. Each sample was divided into four parts: cerebrum, mesencephali, cerebellum and gyms hippocampi which were used to determine the positive samples by detection of rabies virus specific antigens and nucleotides, using DFA and RT-PCR methods.