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Wei-Cheng Hsu1, Fan Lee1, Yen-Wen Chen1
1Veterinary Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 376, Zhongzheng Rd., Danshui Dist., New Taipei City 25158, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|November 16, 2023
Abstract:
In June 2021, a yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula chrysospila) submitted for postmortem examination was diagnosed as rabid through laboratory testing. The rabies virus detected was closest phylogenetically to viruses of ferret badgers (Melogale moschata subaurantiaca) in Taiwan, indicating spillover infection from the primary reservoir in this area, the ferret badger.
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