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Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
Research

Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya

Evalyne N. Wambugu, Gathii Kimita, Sarah N. Kituyi, Michael A. Washington, Clement Masakhwe, Lucy M. Mutunga, Gurdeep Jaswant, S.M. Thumbi, Brian C. Schaefer, and John N. WaitumbiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research–Africa, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya (E.N. Wambugu, G. Kimita, C. Masakhwe, J.N. Waitumbi); University of Embu, Embu, Kenya (E.N. Wambugu, S.N. Kituyi); Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA (M.A. Washington); National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (M.A. Washington); University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya (L.M. Mutunga, G. Jaswant, S.M. Thumbi); Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (S.M. Thumbi); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda (B.C. Schaefer)

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Figure 2

Phylogenetic tree of virus genomes from a study of geographic distribution of rabies virus and genomic sequence alignment of wild and vaccine strains, Kenya. The tree was constructed from whole-genome sequences by using MAD DOG (44). All genomes were of Cosmopolitan clade, subclades Africa-1a or Africa-1b, and were further delineated into a total of 14 distinct lineages, 8 from western Kenya and 5 in eastern Kenya. One lineage from eastern Kenya was unclassified. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of virus genomes from a study of geographic distribution of rabies virus and genomic sequence alignment of wild and vaccine strains, Kenya. The tree was constructed from whole-genome sequences by using MAD DOG (44). All genomes were of Cosmopolitan clade, subclades Africa-1a or Africa-1b, and were further delineated into a total of 14 distinct lineages, 8 from western Kenya and 5 in eastern Kenya. One lineage from eastern Kenya was unclassified. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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