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World Rabies Day - a decade of raising awareness [PDF]
World Rabies Day was set up in 2007 to raise global awareness about rabies, to provide information on how to prevent the disease in at-risk communities and support advocacy for increased efforts in rabies control.
Balaram, Deepashree+4 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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Response to a rabies epidemic in Bali, Indonesia [PDF]
Emergency vaccinations and culling failed to contain an outbreak of rabies in Bali, Indonesia, during 2008–2009. Subsequent island-wide mass vaccination (reaching 70% coverage, >200,000 dogs) led to substantial declines in rabies incidence and spread.
Girardi, J.+7 more
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Human diseases, particularly infectious diseases and cancers, pose unprecedented challenges to public health security and the global economy.
Shen Wang+9 more
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Successful strategies implemented towards the elimination of canine rabies in the Western Hemisphere [PDF]
Almost all cases of human rabies result from dog bites, making the elimination of canine rabies a global priority. During recent decades, many countries in the Western Hemisphere have carried out large-scale dog vaccination campaigns, controlled their ...
Damon, Inger+9 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 ...
Bernhard Dietzschold+3 more
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Market mapping and landscape analysis of human rabies biologicals in India
Background: Rabies vaccines and immunoglobulins are lifesaving in humans following animal exposures. These biologicals should continuously be available throughout the year to prevent and eliminate human rabies by 2030. Objectives: The present study aimed
Mysore Kalappa Sudarshan+2 more
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Rabies is a viral disease caused by the rabies virus (Lyssavirus) that affects the central nervous system, ultimately leading to death and brain disease. Rabies usually transmitted through a bite among domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals.
Gulshan Mammadova+6 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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A simian-adenovirus-vectored rabies vaccine suitable for thermostabilisation and clinical development for low-cost single-dose pre-exposure prophylaxis. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:Estimates of current global rabies mortality range from 26,000 to 59,000 deaths per annum. Although pre-exposure prophylaxis using inactivated rabies virus vaccines (IRVs) is effective, it requires two to three doses and is regarded as being ...
Chuan Wang+15 more
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