National borders effectively halt the spread of rabies: the current rabies epidemic in China is dislocated from cases in neighboring countries.

China has seen a massive resurgence of rabies cases in the last 15 years with more than 25,000 human fatalities. Initial cases were reported in the southwest but are now reported in almost every province. There have been several phylogenetic investigations into the origin and spread of the virus wit...

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Main Authors: Zhenyang Guo, Xiaoyan Tao, Cuiping Yin, Na Han, Jinning Yu, Hao Li, Haizhou Liu, Wei Fang, James Adams, Jun Wang, Guodong Liang, Qing Tang, Simon Rayner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561166?pdf=render