Zoonotic diseases: etiology, impact, and control

MT Rahman, MA Sobur, MS Islam, S Ievy, MJ Hossain… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Most humans are in contact with animals in a way or another. A zoonotic disease is a
disease or infection that can be transmitted naturally from vertebrate animals to humans or …

Human rabies despite post-exposure prophylaxis: a systematic review of fatal breakthrough infections after zoonotic exposures

ER Whitehouse, A Mandra, J Bonwitt… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for rabies is widely administered and highly effective.
Nevertheless, sporadic breakthrough infections (ie, rabies in people who have started PEP) …

[HTML][HTML] Rabies control in South Asia requires a One Health approach

KP Acharya, D Subedi, RT Wilson - One health, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease present in more than 150 countries around
the world. Globally, almost 60,000 people die each year from rabies, of which more than …

Ecological and socioeconomic factors in the occurrence of rabies: a forgotten scenario

D Subedi, D Chandran, S Subedi… - Infectious Disease …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In many third world countries, where rabies is endemic in dog populations, humans continue
to be at risk of contracting the disease. Vaccination is the most effective form of prophylaxis …

Rabies in a postpandemic world: resilient reservoirs, redoubtable riposte, recurrent roadblocks, and resolute recidivism

CE Rupprecht, PP Mshelbwala, RG Reeves, IV Kuzmin - Animal diseases, 2023 - Springer
Rabies is an ancient disease. Two centuries since Pasteur, fundamental progress occurred
in virology, vaccinology, and diagnostics—and an understanding of pathobiology and …

Rabies in Europe: An epidemiological and clinical update

N Riccardi, A Giacomelli, RM Antonello, F Gobbi… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies is a vaccine preventable zoonotic disease with a significant mortality burden
worldwide. Several years of vaccination campaigns in wildlife animals have now achieved …

Rabies is still a fatal but neglected disease: a case report

YA Amoako, P El-Duah, AA Sylverken… - Journal of Medical Case …, 2021 - Springer
Background Rabies, caused by a lyssavirus, is a viral zoonosis that affects people in many
parts of the world, especially those in low income countries. Contact with domestic animals …

Major zoonotic diseases of public health importance in Bangladesh

S Chowdhury, MA Aleem, MSI Khan… - Veterinary medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Zoonotic diseases cause repeated outbreaks in humans globally. The majority of emerging
infections in humans are zoonotic. COVID‐19 is an ideal example of a recently identified …

Roles of traditional medicine and traditional healers for rabies prevention and potential impacts on post-exposure prophylaxis: A literature review

EA Beasley, RM Wallace, A Coetzer… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Globally, traditional medicine is widely used to treat a variety of injuries and
illnesses, including dog bites, and exposures that are risky for rabies. However, efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Update on lyssaviruses and rabies: will past progress play as prologue in the near term towards future elimination?

RE Rohde, CE Rupprecht - Faculty reviews, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rabies is an ancient, much-feared, and neglected infectious disease. Caused by pathogens
in the family Rhabdoviridae, genus Lyssavirus, and distributed globally, this viral zoonosis …