Comparing the genetic typing methods for effective surveillance and rabies control in Georgia
A full nucleoprotein gene sequencing of 68 isolates collected from passive rabies surveillance system in Georgia between 2015 and 2016 identified two distinct dog rabies phylogroups, GEO_V1 and GEO_V2, which both belonged to the cosmopolitan dog clade.GEO_V1 was found throughout the country and was further divided into four sub-phylogroups that ove