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Phylogenetic analysis suggested that these viruses were all of the canid rabies biotype of southern Africa. The viruses from kudu were closely associated with jackal isolates (<jats:italic>n = 6<\/jats:italic>), bat-eared fox isolates (<jats:italic>n = 2<\/jats:italic>) and domestic dog isolates (<jats:italic>n = 2<\/jats:italic>) at the genetic level and identical at the amino acid level, irrespective of the year of isolation.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>These data suggest that jackal and kudu may form part of the same epidemiological cycle of rabies in Namibian wildlife, and might demonstrate the close-relationship between rabies virus strains that circulate within Namibia and those that circulate between Namibia and its neighbouring countries such as Botswana and South Africa.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1746-6148-2-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,1,23]],"date-time":"2006-01-23T12:43:36Z","timestamp":1138020216000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["A molecular epidemiological study of rabies epizootics in kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in Namibia"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Karen","family":"Mansfield","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorraine","family":"McElhinney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Otto","family":"H\u00fcbschle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Felix","family":"Mettler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claude","family":"Sabeta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Louis H","family":"Nel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anthony R","family":"Fooks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"11_CR1","first-page":"325","volume":"60","author":"R Swanepoel","year":"1993","unstructured":"Swanepoel R, Barnard BJH, Meredith CD, Bishop GC, Br\u00fcckner GK, Foggin CM, H\u00fcbschle OJB: Rabies in southern Africa. 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