Monoclonal antibodies against rabies: current uses in prophylaxis and in therapy

GD de Melo, J Hellert, R Gupta, D Corti… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•mAbs are suitable to replace rabies immunoglobulins in rabies prophylaxis.•mAb
cocktails are recommended to limit the risk of failure due limited coverage and viral …

Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination

PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Human rabies remains a significant public health problem in Africa with
outbreaks reported in most countries. In Nigeria–the most populous country in Africa–rabies …

Progress towards dog-mediated rabies elimination in PR China: a scoping review

T Shen, SC Welburn, L Sun, GJ Yang - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - mednexus.org
Background Rabies continues to be a serious threat to global public health endangering
people's health and public health safety. In the People's Republic of China, multi-sectoral …

Mixed methods to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards rabies in central and remote communities of Moramanga district, Madagascar

C Leblanc, D Kassié, M Ranaivoharimina… - PLoS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Control of dog-mediated rabies relies on raising awareness, access to post-exposure
prophylaxis (PEP) and mass dog vaccination. To assess rabies awareness in Moramanga …

From dogs to bats: Concerns regarding vampire bat-borne rabies in Brazil

MA Horta, LA Ledesma, WC Moura… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Human rabies is a neglected reemerging disease that has a major impact on
public health in poor communities and low-and middle-income countries [1]. With a lethality …

Exploring rabies endemicity in Pakistan: Major constraints & possible solutions

W Ahmad, MA Naeem, Q Akram, S Ahmad, M Younus - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies, the oldest recorded viral zoonosis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, is a neglected
and lingering endemic disease in Pakistan. The review of online available rabies-related …

Comparative neutralization activity of commercial rabies immunoglobulin against diverse lyssaviruses

J Coertse, N Viljoen, J Weyer, W Markotter - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Novel lyssaviruses, the causative agents of rabies, continue to be described mostly due to
increased surveillance in bat hosts. Biologicals for the prevention of rabies in humans have …

Global landscape of encephalitis: key priorities to reduce future disease burden

J Granerod, Y Huang, NWS Davies… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Encephalitis affects people across the lifespan, has high rates of mortality and morbidity, and
results in significant neurological sequelae with long-term consequences to quality of life …

Regulation of innate immune responses by rabies virus

H Zhang, J Huang, Y Song, X Liu… - Animal Models and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rabies virus (RABV) is an infectious and neurotropic pathogen that causes rabies and
infects humans and almost all warm‐blooded animals, posing a great threat to people and …

Rabies mortality and morbidity associated with animal bites in Africa: a case for integrated rabies disease surveillance, prevention and control: a scoping review

PS Nyasulu, J Weyer, R Tschopp, A Mihret, A Aseffa… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The objective of this scoping review was to map the current situation and available
evidence and gaps on rabies morbidity, mortality, integrated rabies surveillance …