ReviewLancet (London, England)2014
Current status of rabies and prospects for elimination.
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- Dog bite-associated pathogens: advances in pathogenic mechanisms and systemic clinical consequences in humans.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Rabies and rabies prophylaxis in Egypt: a nationwide cross-sectional study that calls for action.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Targeting the Cav1.2-KCa1.1 axis prevents rabies virus internalization and protects against lethal infection.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Biosafety of rabies virus and related lyssaviruses: Risks, precautions, and knowledge gaps in diagnostic and research laboratories.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- Cost-utility analysis of pre-exposure prophylaxis rabies vaccine in 5-year-old children in Thailand.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Two mRNA Platforms for Canine Rabies Vaccines: Advances, Limitations, and Field Application Prospects.China CDC weekly · 2026Article
- Estimating total human deaths from rabies: A statistical framework leveraging reports of rabies transmission from deceased organ and tissue donors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Post-Exposure Rabies Prophylaxis in Children: Real-World Practices From an 11-Year Retrospective Study in Türkiye.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Adaptation of wild-type rabies virus on vaccine producing cell line and its quantification by peroxidase-based immunostaining.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Cat-Related Injuries and Rabies Exposure: A Three-Decade Retrospective Analysis from the Zagreb Antirabies Clinic (1995-2025).Viruses · 2026Article
- High sensitivity of the Bionote Anigen Rapid Rabies Antigen Test in detection of diverse rabies virus variants suggests utility for global rabies control.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Functions and challenges of a government-run animal bite treatment center in the delivery of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis services in Iloilo City, Philippines: A 6-year descriptive study, 2018-2023.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Urban Animal Exposures and Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Istanbul, Turkey: Insights from a Metropolitan Emergency Department.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Rabies lyssavirus phosphoprotein possesses RNA duplex-unwinding activities.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2026Article
- Multilevel barriers to dog rabies vaccination uptake in Kilosa District, Tanzania.One health outlook · 2026Article
- Fatal Human Rabies in an HIV-Infected Migrant Worker with Well-Controlled Viral Load - Zhejiang Province, China, January 2026.China CDC weekly · 2026Article
- Experiences of piloting integrated bite case management in Zaria Metropolis, Nigeria.Frontiers in tropical diseases · 2026Article
- The burden of diseases from human-animal contact in 2021: a spatiotemporal analysis using the "Production-Living-Ecology" framework.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
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- Evaluation of Risk Factors for Failed Seroconversion in the Management of Potential Lyssavirus Exposures.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case-fatality rate approaching 100%. The disease is established on all continents apart from Antarctica; most cases are reported in Africa and Asia, with thousands of deaths recorded annually. However, the estimated annual figure of almost 60,000 human rabies fatalities is probably an underestimate. Almost all cases of human rabies result from bites from infected dogs. Therefore, the most cost-effective approach to elimination of the global burden of human rabies is to control canine rabies rather than expansion of the availability of human prophylaxis. Mass vaccination campaigns with parenteral vaccines, and advances in oral vaccines for wildlife, have allowed the elimination of rabies in terrestrial carnivores in several countries worldwide. The subsequent reduction in cases of human rabies in such regions advocates the multidisciplinary One Health approach to rabies control through the mass vaccination of dogs and control of canine populations.
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