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What is rural? Examining the relationship between human populations and their inter-connectedness in the context of communicable disease transmission [PDF]

International Journal of Health Geographics
Background Rurality and urbanicity are recognized determinants of public health outcomes that influence policy and resource allocation. However, many commonly used methods to classify the rural-urban continuum, such as the Rural-Urban Commuting Area ...
Cassandra Boutelle, Patrick Corbett, Andrew Gibson, Frederic Lohr, Catherine Swedberg, Jesse Blanton, Ryan Wallace   +6 more
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Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral zoonosis belonging to the group of neglected tropical diseases. Exposure to a rabid animal may result in a fatal acute encephalitis if effective post-exposure prophylaxis is not provided.
Ale, Anita, Aryal, Arjun, Declercq, Anne, Depraz, Stephanie, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Duchateau, Luc, Gaire, Tara Nath, Gongal, Gyanendra, Karki, Surendra, Pandey, Basu Dev, Pun, Sher Bahadur, Sharma, Barun Kumar, Speybroeck, Niko   +13 more
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Filter Papers to Collect Blood Samples from Dogs: An Easier Way to Monitor the Mass Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies?

Viruses, 2022
Rabies is a deadly viral disease present mainly in low-income countries of Africa and Asia. Dogs are the main reservoir and the source of human deaths. Mass vaccination campaigns of dogs are pivotal to achieve rabies elimination.
Marine Wasniewski, Jacques Barrat, Samia Ben Maiez, Habib Kharmachi, Mariem Handous, Florence Cliquet   +5 more
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Renewed Public Health Threat from Emerging Lyssaviruses

Viruses, 2021
Pathogen discovery contributes to our knowledge of bat-borne viruses and is linked to the heightened interest globally in bats as recognised reservoirs of zoonotic agents.
Anthony R. Fooks, Rebecca Shipley, Wanda Markotter, Noël Tordo, Conrad M. Freuling, Thomas Müller, Lorraine M. McElhinney, Ashley C. Banyard, Charles E. Rupprecht   +8 more
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The Rabies Free Burkina Faso initiative: an example of how one health-oriented civil society organizations can contribute towards the achievement of the rabies zero by 30 goal

One Health Outlook, 2023
While technologies, tools and expertise have proven that countries can be made safe from dog-mediated human rabies, the disease remains a major public health threat in Burkina Faso.
Madi Savadogo, Laibané Dieudonné Dahourou, Abdoul Kader Ilboudo, Sidwatta Guy Ilboudo, Hamidou Zangré, Grissoum Tarnagda, Zacharia Souli, Alima Hadjia Banyala Combari, Ramata Diarra, Mémouna Bidima, Marina Gracienne Bintou Traoré, Charles Dieudonné Mandé, Kongnimissom Apoline Sondo, Katinka de Balogh   +13 more
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Potency of Veterinary Rabies Vaccines Marketed in Sri Lanka

Vaccines, 2023
Seven brands of veterinary rabies vaccines are commercially available in Sri Lanka, but there is no established procedure to test the potency of the vaccines at the local level, especially prior to their release.
Hasanthi Rathnadiwakara, Mangala Gunatilake, Alexandre Servat, Marine Wasniewski, Jean-Christophe Thibault, Florence Cliquet   +5 more
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Evaluation of the immune response of dogs after a mass vaccination campaign against rabies in Tunisia

BMC Veterinary Research, 2023
Background Rabies (RABV) is an enzootic disease in Tunisia, with dogs being the primary reservoir. Vaccinating dogs is the key to eradicate rabies. Regional Veterinary Services conduct nationwide immunisation campaigns on an annual basis.
Mariem Handous, Imed Turki, Abdejelil Ghram, Samia BenMaiz, Jihen Bensalem, Nourhene Basdouri, Mohamed Soltani, Farah Bassalah, Habib Kharmachi   +8 more
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Developments in Rabies Vaccines: The Path Traversed from Pasteur to the Modern Era of Immunization

Vaccines, 2023
Rabies is a disease of antiquity and has a history spanning millennia ever since the first interactions between humans and dogs. The alarming fatalities caused by this disease have triggered rabies prevention strategies since the first century BC.
Krithiga Natesan, Shrikrishna Isloor, Balamurugan Vinayagamurthy, Sharada Ramakrishnaiah, Rathnamma Doddamane, Anthony R. Fooks   +5 more
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Assessment of Immune Responses to Rabies Vaccination in Free-Ranging Dogs in Bengaluru, India

Vaccines, 2023
Rabies is a fatal encephalomyelitis mainly transmitted to humans and other animals by rabid dog bites. Hence, vaccination programs are being instituted for the control of rabies in dogs.
Vinay Chavan Prakash Rao, Sharada Ramakrishnaiah, Shrikrishna Isloor, Rathnamma Doddamane, Dilip Lakshman, Manjunath Shinde Sundar Rao Maralavadi, Avinash Bhat, Balaji Chandrashekar, Krithiga Natesan, Ganesh Kondabattula, Nagendra R. Hegde   +10 more
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Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of a Potential Smallpox Therapeutic, Brincidofovir, in a Lethal Monkeypox Virus Animal Model

mSphere, 2021
Preparedness activities against highly transmissible viruses with high mortality rates have been highlighted during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Christina L. Hutson, Ashley V. Kondas, Mathew R. Mauldin, Jeffrey B. Doty, Irma M. Grossi, Clint N. Morgan, Sharon Dietz Ostergaard, Christine M. Hughes, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Chantal Kling, Brock E. Martin, James A. Ellison, Darin D. Carroll, Nadia F. Gallardo-Romero, Victoria A. Olson   +14 more
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