Rabies in Mongolian steppes

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Rabies in Mongolian steppes

• A. Botvinkin, D. Otgonbaatar,
• S. Tsoodol, I. Kuzmin
• - Irkutsk State Medical University, Russia.
• - Center of Infectious Diseases with Natural
  
  
• Foci, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
• - Center for Diseases Control and Prevention,
  Atlanta, USA.

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Mongolia- human population 2.5 mln- cattle
35.0 mln
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- About one million of Mongolian people lives in
traditional houses yurta - Local name of
rabies is galzoo kind of wicked spirits
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Epidemiological features of rabies in Mongolia

• 1994-2006 11 human rabies cases
• in average index 0.4 per mln
• Cattle-breeder children (4-7 years old) 50 of
  all human cases
  
• 64 of human cases were caused by wildlife
• Bites of herd dogs 90 of PET

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Animal rabies in Mongolia (total case number
1976-2006) Cattle more than 80 of
reported cases
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Human rabies in Mongolia (total case number
1972-2006)
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Distribution of the steppes in Mongolia and
neighbouring countries
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Main vectors and reservoirs of rabies virus in
Mongolia
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Main vectors and reservoirs of rabies virus in
Mongolia

• Human rabies in Mongolia (1994-2006 n11)
• Wolf 5
• Red fox 2
• Dog - 4

• Active surveillance in Chita region of Russia
  (1977-1980 n370)
  
• - Red fox 3,7
• - Steppe fox 3,5

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Sequencing of rabies virus isolates from
Mongolian type steppes
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Instead of conclusion

• Does Mongolia a place of contact of different
  clones of rabies virus?
  
• From there did fox rabies appeares in Mongolian
  steppes?
  
• Can we consider rabies in Mongolian steppes as a
  relict of wildlife rabies in central Asia?