Key result
Phylogenetic characterization of RHDV2 strains detected in Poland between 2016-2018 confirms that strains from 2018 and 2016-2017 were introduced independently.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to investigate the molecular epidemiology of independently introduced RHDV2 strains in Poland.
Population
RHDV2 and RHDVa strains from domestic and wild rabbits in Poland
Comparison
RHDV2 strains from 2018 and RHDVa from 2015 vs native RHDV2 strains from 2016-2017 and reference sequences
Design
Molecular epidemiological and phylogenetic genome analysis
Authors
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Supports targeted RHDV2 surveillance in lagomorphs; leaves open introduction sources and dynamics.
Fitzner et al. (2021) studied RHDV2 infection in rabbits. Genome analysis of RHDV2 strains vs. Reference sequences and older strains was evaluated on Nucleotide sequence similarity and phylogenetic clustering. Phylogenetic characterization of RHDV2 strains detected in Poland between 2016-2018 confirms that strains from 2018 and 2016-2017 were introduced independently.
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