Rabies is a fatal viral disease affecting warm-blooded mammals (bats, carnivores, and ruminants) even humans. The virus usually transmitted between humans or other animals through the bite of infected animals. However, there are unusual ways to share virus, such as organ transplants. has been known in ancient world since about 2300 BC. Dogs were commonly leading carriers disease. There strange ...

BACKGROUND Clinical differences in rabies due to canine and bat rabies virus variants have been noted, but no detailed studies have been reported to support these observations. METHODS Using the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and PubMed, we identified 142 case reports of rabies from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. We systematically abstracted 126 selected data e...

Taiwan had been free of indigenous human and animal rabies case since canine rabies was eliminated in 1961. In July 2013, rabies was confirmed among three wild ferret-badgers, prompting public health response to prevent human rabies cases. This descriptive study reports the immediate response to the reemergence of rabies in Taiwan. Response included enhanced surveillance for human rabies cases ...

Rabies is widespread in all provinces of Iran. This study presents an investigation by a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique for the purpose of rabies diagnosis and also Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) for determination of the type of the rabies virus. In addition, PCR proves to be a powerful tool for molecular epidemiology studies allowing analysis of the infecting strain...

Rabies is a lyssavirus infection resulting in acute encephalitis or meningoencephalitis that is virtually always fatal. The disease can be caused by several different rabies and rabies-like viruses (box 1). Rabies is a neglected tropical disease that predominantly affects the most vulnerable humans—children living in the most disadvantaged areas of the poorest countries. Many countries have suc...

Rabies has one of the highest case-fatality ratios of any infectious disease. This report provides recommendations for public health officials, veterinarians, animal control officials, and other parties engaged in rabies prevention and control activities and should serve as the basis for standardizing procedures among jurisdictions. The recommendations regarding domestic animal vaccination, man...

During 2006, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,940 cases of rabies in animals and 3 cases in hu­ mans to the CDC, representing an 8.2% increase from the 6,417 cases in animals and 1 case in a human reported in 2005. Approximately 92% of the cases were in wildlife, and 8% were in domestic animals. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 2,615 raccoons (37.7%), 1,692...

To the Editor: Rabies is caused by 12 recognized virus species within the Lyssavirus genus (family Rhabdoviri-dae) (1) and each year causes 55,000 deaths worldwide among humans. In Europe, the main reservoir and vector of rabies is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), followed by the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in central and Baltic Europe (2). Among these virus species, the rabies virus (fo...

in this study, the immunogenicity of a rabies vaccine that was used in one of the isfahan cattle farms is reported. this vaccine was produced by replication of the pasteur virus (pv) strain on bhk-21 monolayer cell culture. the virus suspension was inactivated by ß-propiolactone treatment and the harvested pool showed sterility and safety. thus, the obtained vaccine was tested on mice and a sat...

The government's program to achieve rabies-free status by 2030 is an initiative accelerate the eradication of rabies cases in Indonesia. Rabies a highly contagious disease with 100% fatality rate, and dogs are main carriers virus. efforts minimize include vaccination susceptible animals, eliminating rabid dogs, implementing dog population management (MPA). Field observations indicate that pract...