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Background Mass vaccination of dogs is considered fundamental for national rabies control programmes in Sri Lanka, as dog is the main reservoir and transmitter of the disease.
R.M.S. Pimburage +4 more
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Rabies Vaccination: Higher Failure Rates in Imported Dogs than in those Vaccinated in Italy [PDF]
The current European Union (EU) legislation decrees that pets entering the EU from a rabies-infected third country have to obtain a satisfactory virus-neutralizing antibody level, while those moving within the EU require only rabies vaccination as the ...
Alonso, S +7 more
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Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies [PDF]
Rabies has been eliminated from domestic dog populations in Western Europe and North America, but continues to kill many thousands of people throughout Africa and Asia every year.
Cleaveland, S. +7 more
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Fighting Zoonotic, Rabies and Public Health in Colonial India [PDF]
Rabies is the oldest Zoonotic diseases in the world and one of the most important Zoonotic diseases in India. It was one of the most difficult problems confronted both by the medical and veterinary authorities in colonial India.
Rahaman, S. M. (Sk)
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Applied research is crucial in pushing the boundaries and finding a solution to the age-old problem of dog-mediated rabies. Although oral vaccination of dogs is considered to have great potential in mass dog vaccination campaigns and could have far ...
Kansuda Leelahapongsathon +11 more
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Rabies elimination research: juxtaposing optimism, pragmatism and realism [PDF]
More than 100 years of research has now been conducted into the prevention, control and elimination of rabies with safe and highly efficacious vaccines developed for use in human and animal populations. Domestic dogs are a major reservoir for rabies, and
Bögel K +13 more
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Antigenic and genetic characterization of a divergent African virus, Ikoma lyssavirus [PDF]
In 2009, a novel lyssavirus (subsequently named Ikoma lyssavirus, IKOV) was detected in the brain of an African civet (Civettictis civetta) with clinical rabies in the Serengeti National Park of Tanzania.
Alejandro Nunez +21 more
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Conclusions The secondary and tertiary structures of the rabies virus spike G protein are important for its ability to induce VN antibodies and confer immunity to the host. For a subunit peptide vaccine to be as effective as the native spike G protein, it would appear that the amino acid sequence comprising the antigenic determinant for VN antibody ...
W H, Wunner +3 more
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Serological profiling of rabies antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and its comparative analysis with rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test in mouse model [PDF]
Aim: In this study, we have used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as an alternative test to replace the cumbersome rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT) to ascertain the immune status of immunized mice against rabies virus ...
Ashis Debnath +9 more
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Heterogeneity in the spread and control of infectious disease: consequences for the elimination of canine rabies [PDF]
Understanding the factors influencing vaccination campaign effectiveness is vital in designing efficient disease elimination programmes. We investigated the importance of spatial heterogeneity in vaccination coverage and human-mediated dog movements for ...
Cleaveland, Sarah +9 more
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