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Article: Rabies in ferret badgers, southeastern China.(DISPATCHES)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Rabies is an acute encephalomyelitis caused by rabies or rabies-related viruses. Although dogs are the main reservoir worldwide, all mammals are believed to be susceptible. When rabies is widely distributed, affected wildlife may constitute a public health threat to local residents. For example, the Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata) has been associated with human rabies for several years, although diagnoses have not been confirmed (1-4). Rabies has also been reported in other subspecies, such as honey badgers (Mellivora capensis) and European badgers (Meles meles) in Africa and Europe. Transmission was presumed to occur independently among the population or as ...
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