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forest-steppe landscapes of the Zeya-Bureya Plain. An essential feature of the modern epizootic is the
increased role of the red fox in RABV maintenance. International cooperation is essential for effective
prophylaxis of the transboundary spread of rabies and its elimination in this region.

DECLARATIONS
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the specialists of the veterinary and sanitary-epidemiological services:
Samokhvalov SV, Solovey IV, and Yakovleva NV, for their help in data collection.

Authors’ contributions
Conceptualization and first draft of the manuscript: Botvinkin AD
Diagnosis, genetic study, and mapping: Poleshchuk EM, Chupin SA, Zarva ID, Zinyakov NG
Veterinary reports and other data collection: Meltsov IV, Sidorov GN, Yanovich VA
Writing - review and editing: Botvinkin AD, Metlin AE, Andaev E
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
All authors contributed to the study.

Availability of data and materials
The gene sequences are available in the GenBank database.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interests
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.

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