| differentiation of two rabies strains in estonia with reference to recent finnish isolates. | we compared 24 rabies samples collected in estonia in 1989 to 1992, to identify the kinds of rabies strains circulating in this country. eleven of the strains came from the islands of saaremaa, hiiumaa and muhu, off the baltic coast; 13 came from the mainland. the mainland strains, like those from the 1988 to 1989 epizootic in finland, were antigenically different from the 11 island isolates. the island isolates reacted negatively with monoclonal antibody w-187.5 as does the sad b19 rabies vacci ... | 1993 | 8487369 |
| identification of anaplasma phagocytophilum in tick populations in estonia, the european part of russia and belarus. | clin microbiol infect abstract: anaplasma phagocytophilum is associated with diseases of goats, sheep, cattle, dogs and horses. in the beginning of the 1990s it was identified as a human pathogen, causing human granulocytic anaplasmosis (hga) in the usa, europe and the far east of russia. a. phagocytophilum is maintained in nature in an enzootic cycle including ticks as the main vector and a wide range of mammalian species as reservoirs. ixodes ricinus and i. persulcatus ticks were collected in ... | 2011 | 21199155 |