Emergence of rabies in the Gauteng Province, South Africa: 2010–2011
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Emergence of rabies in the Gauteng Province, South Africa: 2010–2011 | |
| Creator | Sabeta, Claude T. Weyer, Jacqueline Geertsma, Peter Mohale, Debra Miyen, Jacobeth Blumberg, Lucille H. Leman, Patricia A. Phahladira, Baby Shumba, Wonderful Walters, Johan Paweska, Janusz T. | |
| Description | Canine rabies is enzootic throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Republic of South Africa. Historically, in South Africa the coastal provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape were most affected. Alarmingly, outbreaks of canine rabies have been increasingly reported in the past decade from sites where it has previously been under control. From January 2010 to December 2011, 53 animal rabies cases were confirmed; these were mostly in domestic dogs from southern Johannesburg, which was previously considered to be rabies free. In addition, one case was confirmed in a 26-month old girl who had been scratched by a pet puppy during this period. The introduction of rabies into Gauteng Province was investigated through genetic analysis of rabies positive samples confirmed during the outbreak period. In addition, the nucleotide sequences of incidental cases reported in the province for the past ten years were also included in the analysis. It was found that the recent canine rabies outbreak in the Gauteng Province came from the introduction of the rabies virus from KwaZulu-Natal, with subsequent local spread in the susceptible domestic dog population of southern Johannesburg. The vulnerability of the province was also highlighted through multiple, dead-end introductions in the past ten years. This is the first report of a rabies outbreak in the greater Johannesburg area with evidence of local transmission in the domestic dog population. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2013-04-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.923 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 84, No 1 (2013); 5 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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