Origin of 3 Rabid Terrestrial Animals in Raccoon Rabies Virus-Free Zone, Long Island, New York, USA, 2016-2017

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1315 - 1319
• Main Authors: Brunt, Scott, Solomon, Heather, Leavitt, Hilaire, Lasek-Nesselquist, Erica, LaPierre, Pascal, Shudt, Matt, Bigler, Laura, Singh, Navjot, Davis, April D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Animals, Wild; Bats; Disease transmission; Dispatch; DNA sequencing; Epidemiology; Genomics; Immunization; Laboratories; New York - epidemiology; Origin of 3 Rabid Terrestrial Animals in Raccoon Rabies Virus–Free Zone, Long Island, New York, USA, 2016–2017; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Rabies; Rabies - epidemiology; Rabies - veterinary; Rabies Vaccines; Rabies virus - genetics; raccoon variant; Raccoons; United States; whole-genome sequencing; Zoonoses; New York; Canada; Connecticut; Long Island New York; United States > US; New York; viruses; United States; whole-genome sequencing; Long Island; rabies; zoonoses; raccoon variant; epidemiology; oral rabies vaccination; wildlife surveillance; phylogeny; rabies-free zone; phylogenetic analyses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.191700

During 2016-2017, three rabid terrestrial animals were discovered in the raccoon rabies virus-free zone of Long Island, New York, USA. Whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses revealed the likely origins of the viruses, enabling the rabies outbreak response (often costly and time-consuming) to be done less expensively and more efficiently.