International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)
First molecular analysis of rabies virus in Qatar and clinical cases imported into Qatar, a case report
- Bas B. Oude Munnink,
- Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd Farag,
- Corine GeurtsvanKessel,
- Claudia Schapendonk,
- Anne van der Linden,
- Robert Kohl,
- Georgina Arron,
- Hisham Ziglam,
- Wael Goravey Mhjoop Goravey,
- Peter V. Coyle,
- Imad Ibrahim,
- Khaled A. Mohran,
- Muneera Mohammed Saleh Alrajhi,
- Md Mazharul Islam,
- Randa Abdeen,
- A. Aziz Mahmoud A.H. Al-Zeyara,
- Nidal Mahmoud Younis,
- Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi,
- Mohammad Hamad J. Al Thani,
- Richard Molenkamp,
- Reina S. Sikkema,
- Marion Koopmans
Affiliations
- Bas B. Oude Munnink
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Corresponding author.
- Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd Farag
- Ministry of Public of Health, Doha, Qatar
- Corine GeurtsvanKessel
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Claudia Schapendonk
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Anne van der Linden
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Robert Kohl
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Georgina Arron
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Hisham Ziglam
- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Wael Goravey Mhjoop Goravey
- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Peter V. Coyle
- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Imad Ibrahim
- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Khaled A. Mohran
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar; Animal Health Research Institute, Biotechnology Departments ERC, Dokki, Egypt
- Muneera Mohammed Saleh Alrajhi
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar
- Md Mazharul Islam
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar
- Randa Abdeen
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar
- A. Aziz Mahmoud A.H. Al-Zeyara
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar
- Nidal Mahmoud Younis
- Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipals and Environment, Doha, Qatar
- Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi
- Ministry of Public of Health, Doha, Qatar
- Mohammad Hamad J. Al Thani
- Ministry of Public of Health, Doha, Qatar
- Richard Molenkamp
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Reina S. Sikkema
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Marion Koopmans
- Erasmus MC, Department of Viroscience, WHO collaborating centre for arbovirus and viral hemorrhagic fever Reference and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 96
pp. 323 – 326
Abstract
Identifying the origin of the rabies virus (RABV) infection may have significant implications for control measures. Here, we identified the source of a RABV infection of two Nepalese migrants in Qatar by comparing their RABV genomes with RABV genomes isolated from the brains of a RABV infected camel and fox from Qatar.
