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Currently in the routine diagnosis of rabies three techniques are recommended: the florescent antibody test, mouse inoculation test and tissue culture inoculation test. Unfortunately these methods do not allow us to differentiate the classical rabies virus from an EBLV 1 infection in terrestrial animals. Such a possibility is provided by using hemi-nested RT-PCR with specific primers. Conditions of the hnRT-PCR method have been previously established. It makes it possible to detect genetic material both of lyssavirus genotypes as well as to establish a differentiation between genotypes. Application of the hnRT-PCR method for rabies discrimination between two genotypes allows for an easier and more reliable diagnosis of rabies in terrestrial animals.