Rabies is an enzootic viral disease widespread throughout the world. Although it is a vaccinepreventable disease, the annual number of human deaths caused by rabies is estimated to be 32,000 in Asia. Phylogenetic analysis based on sequence data of the partial N gene of rabies viruses in Asia has shown that the viruses are divided into five genogroups, distributed in Middle East, South Asia, Sou...

BACKGROUND It is estimated that India has more deaths from rabies than any other country. However, existing estimates are indirect and rely on non-representative studies. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We examined rabies deaths in the ongoing Million Death Study (MDS), a representative survey of over 122,000 deaths in India that uses enhanced types of verbal autopsy. We estimated the age-spec...

Rabies is an important public health concern in North America because of recent epidemics of a rabies virus variant associated with raccoons. The costs associated with surveillance, diagnostic testing, and post-exposure treatment of humans exposed to rabies have fostered coordinated efforts to control rabies spread by distributing an oral rabies vaccine to wild raccoons. Authorities have tried ...

OBJECTIVES Human rabies is a reemerging infectious disease in Korea. There was no human rabies case for 14 years until the disease had reoccurred in 1999. To prevent occurrence of human rabies, surveillance for animal bite patients in rabies endemic areas in Korea was conducted since 2005 as a part of a human rabies control program. The animal bite cases were analyzed to determine whether patie...

The paper describes data concerning rabies in domestic animals and in wildlife, as well as in bats, in Poland in 2008. The analysis of the rabies situation was based on species involved and the geographical distribution of rabies outbreaks. The data presented showed the epidemiological situation of rabies in Poland is under control and in the following years a decrease in rabies cases was obser...

BARRAT, J. & AUBERT, M.F.A. 1993. Current status of fox rabies in Europe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 60:357364 There was a general decline in animal rabies in Europe in 1991 following the peak levels which occurred in 1989. This was ascribed, in France at least, to the normal decline in cases usually experienced following peak occurrence and also to oral immunization of foxes...

Steps to facilitate inter-jurisdictional collaboration nationally and continentally have been critical for implementing and conducting coordinated wildlife rabies management programs that rely heavily on oral rabies vaccination (ORV). Formation of a national rabies management team has been pivotal for coordinated ORV programs in the United States of America. The signing of the North American Ra...

Human rabies was first recorded in ancient China in about 556 BC and is still one of the major public-health problems in China. From 1950 to 2015, 130,494 human rabies cases were reported in Mainland China with an average of 1977 cases per year. It is estimated that 95% of these human rabies cases are due to dog bites. The purpose of this article is to provide a review about the models, results...

BACKGROUND The frequent occurrence of ferret badger-associated human rabies cases in southeast China highlights the lack of laboratory-based surveillance and urges revisiting the potential importance of this animal in rabies transmission. To determine if the ferret badgers actually contribute to human and dog rabies cases, and the possible origin of the ferret badger-associated rabies in the re...

Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that is responsible for an estimated 55,000 human deaths per year, where dogs are the primary source of human cases. The current strategy to combat human rabies is to eliminate rabies from domestic dogs and wildlife via mass vaccination and education campaigns. For some countries, such as Turkey and most of Asia, this has never been a successful approach and r...