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Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Research

Detection and Circulation of a Novel Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Australia

Jackie E. Mahar, Andrew J. Read, Xingnian Gu, Nadya Urakova1, Roslyn Mourant, Melissa Piper, Stéphanie Haboury, Edward C. Holmes, Tanja Strive, and Robyn N. HallComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (J.E. Mahar, N. Urakova, R. Mourant, M. Piper, S. Haboury, T. Strive, R.N. Hall); The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (J.E. Mahar, E.C. Holmes); Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia (A.J. Read, X. Gu); Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (N. Urakova, T. Strive, R.N. Hall)

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Table 4

Outbreaks of RHDV in rabbits, Australia, January 2014–March 2015*

Outbreak no. Isolate name Collection date Location, state Variant Rabbit origin GenBank accession no.
1
AUS/NSW/BER-1/2013/12†
Dec 2013‡
Berowra, NSW
RHDV G2
Domestic
KY628307
1
AUS/NSW/BER-2/2013/12†
Dec 2013‡
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628309
2
AUS/NSW/BER-3/2014/01†
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628310
2
AUS/NSW/BER-4/2014/01†
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628311
2
AUS/NSW/BER-5/2014/01
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
2
AUS/NSW/BER-6/2014/01
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
2
AUS/NSW/BER-7/2014/01
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
2
AUS/NSW/BER-8/2014/01†
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628312
2
AUS/NSW/BER-9/2014/01
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
2
AUS/NSW/BER-10/2014/01†
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628308
2
AUS/NSW/BER-11/2014/01
Jan 2014
Berowra, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
3
AUS/NSW/KYO-1/2014/01†
Jan 2014
Kyogle, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628316
3
AUS/NSW/KYO-2/2014/01
Jan 2014
Kyogle, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
NA
4
AUS/NSW/BlueGums1/2014/03
Mar 2014
Murrumbateman, NSW
RHDV G2
Wild
KT006732.1
5
AUS/NSW/ANN-1/2014/04†
Apr 2014
Annangrove, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628306
6
AUS/NSW/OUR-1/2014/06†
June 2014
Ourimbah, NSW
RHDV G2
Wild
KY628318
6
AUS/NSW/OUR-2/2014/06†
June 2014
Ourimbah, NSW
RHDV G2
Wild
KY628319
7
AUS/NSW/GIR-1/2014/07†
July 2014
Girvan, NSW
RHDVa
Wild
KY628314
7
AUS/NSW/GIR-2/2014/07†
July 2014
Girvan, NSW
RHDVa
Wild
KY628315
8
AUS/NSW/BLA-1/2014/07†
July 2014
Blacktown, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628313
9
AUS/NSW/WAL-1/2015/01†
Jan 2015
Walcha, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628320
10
AUS/NSW/OAK-1/2015/02†
Feb 2015
The Oaks, NSW
RHDVa
Domestic
KY628317
11 AUS/ACT/MF-109/2015/03 Mar 2015 Mulligan’s Flat, ACT RHDVa Wild§ KY628321

*Samples are numbered according to the date on which they were collected. These numbers correspond to those used on the map in Figure 2. ACT, Australian Capital Territory; NSW, New South Wales; RHDV, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus.
†Samples for which the full genome was sequenced in this study.
Detection of RHDVa confirmed in January 2014.
§Virus sequence obtained from a healthy shot rabbit.

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1Current affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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