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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Dispatch

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

Scott BruntComments to Author , Heather Solomon, Hilaire Leavitt, Erica Lasek-Nesselquist, Pascal LaPierre, Matt Shudt, Laura Bigler, Navjot Singh, and April D. Davis
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (S. Brunt, H. Solomon, E. Lasek-Nesselquist, P. LaPierre, M. Shudt, N. Singh, A.D. Davis); Connecticut Department of Health, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA (H. Leavitt); Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (L. Bigler)

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Table

Information on rabies viruses used for phylogenetic analysis of viruses isolated from rabid animals found in raccoon rabies virus–free zone, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York, USA, 2016–2017*

Laboratory ID no. Collection date Species Location Clade GenBank accession no.
731-18 2018 Feb 5 Raccoon Denville, NJ, USA 1 MN418142
2006-18 2018 Apr 23 Raccoon Lincoln Park, NJ, USA 1 MN418156
2834-17 2017 Jun 16 Red Fox New City, NY, USA 1 MN418149
KY026420 2004 Jun 21 Raccoon Genoa, NY, USA 1 †
7686-17 2017 Oct 6 Skunk Troy, NY, USA 1 MN418168
9049-17 2017 Dec 16 Raccoon Hudson, NY, USA 1 MN418162
259-17 2017 Jan 23 Raccoon Clinton, NY, USA 1 MN418178
8952-08 2008 Nov 26 Raccoon Lloyd Harbor, NY, USA 1 MN418143
135-09 2009 Jan 8 Raccoon Huntington, NY, USA 1 MN418164
7346-17 2017 Sep 21 Raccoon Bronx, NY, USA 1 MN418174
7314-17 2017 Sep 20 Raccoon Bronx, NY, USA 1 MN418157
7869-17 2017 Aug 18 Raccoon Tarrytown, NY, USA 1 MN418153
4980-17 2017 Aug 8 Gray Fox Mahopac, NY, USA 1 MN418183
8210-17 2017 Nov 4 Cat Sea Cliff, NY, USA 1 MN418154
2677-18 2018 May 26 Raccoon Midland Park, NJ, USA 1 MN418169
854-18 2018 Feb 16 Raccoon Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA 1 MN418171
871-17 2017 Mar 3 Raccoon New Paltz, NY, USA 1 MN418145
3617-17 2016 Jul 12 Raccoon Cornwallville, NY, USA 1 MN418152
8423-17 2017 Nov 11 Skunk Accord, NY, USA 1 MN418172
2847-17 2017 Jun 6 Gray Fox Monticello, NY, USA 1 MN418158
849-17 2017 Mar 19 Raccoon Slate Hill, NY, USA 1 MN418167
KY026481 2008 Sep 18 Raccoon Charlotte, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
KY026478 2006 Nov 16 Raccoon Stowe, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
8775-17 2017 Dec 3 Raccoon Westerlo, NY, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418144
5318-17 2017 Aug 11 Raccoon Cobleskill, NY, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418147
KY026483 2011 Oct 23 Skunk Walden, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
KY026482 2008 Sep 28 Raccoon Stowe, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
760-18 2017 Aug 29 Raccoon Brownsville, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418146
763-18 2017 Jun 20 Gray Fox Arlington, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418177
752-18 2017 Apr 21 Raccoon Vergennes, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418175
751-18 2017 Mar 3 Red Fox Bristol, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 MN418165
KY026479 2006 Dec 5 Skunk Bethel, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
KY026480 2007 Dec 10 Raccoon Braintree, VT, USA 1 subclade 1 †
CT608844 2016 Jul 6 Raccoon Ridgefield, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418151
CT641269 2016 Nov 15 Raccoon Ridgefield, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418163
738-16 2016 Mar 3 Raccoon Hicksville, NY, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418159
CT682858 2017 May 1 Raccoon Weston, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418160
CT627067 2016 Feb 1 Raccoon Fairfield, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418182
CT607469 2016 Jun 30 Raccoon Bridgeport, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418155
CT648095 2016 Dec 14 Raccoon Weston, CT, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418181
441-17 2016 Dec 14 Otter Sound Beach, NY, USA 1 subclade 2 MN418161
466-17 2017 Feb 15 Raccoon Greene, NY, USA 2 MN418176
KY026416 1995 Dec 22 Raccoon Hounsfield, NY, USA 2 †
KY026426 2000 Jan 12 Raccoon Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026424 1999 Dec 10 Raccoon Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026427 2000 Jan 13 Raccoon Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026422 1999 Jul 14 Raccoon Prescott, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026423 1999 Sep 17 Raccoon Oxford Station, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026450 2001 Apr 18 Raccoon Leeds, Ontario, Canada 2 †
KY026417 1998 Nov 9 Raccoon Canton, NY, USA 2 †
37-18 2018 Jan 3 Raccoon Plymouth, MA, USA 3 MN418173
CT633269 2017 Oct 1 Skunk Groton, CT, USA 3 MN418148
7844-17 2017 Oct 12 Cat Providence, RI, USA 3 MN418170
761-18 2017 Aug 19 Raccoon Woodstock, VT, USA 3 MN418179
186-18 2017 Dec 6 Skunk Cutler, ME, USA 3 MN418180
8994-17 2017 Dec 15 Raccoon Washington, ME, USA 3 MN418184
KY026414 2013 May 21 Raccoon Waldo, ME, USA 3 †
CT661885 2016 Feb 1 Raccoon New London, CT, USA 3 MN418150

*Bold indicates rabies virus isolates that were found in the rabies virus–free zone. ID, identification.
†Previously deposited in GenBank (8).

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