Rabies elimination: is it feasible without considering wildlife?

KP Acharya, R Chand, F Huettmann… - Journal of Tropical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rabies is a vaccine‐preventable fatal viral disease that is zoonotic in nature. In this article,
we provide a justification why the agreement of the World Health Organization (WHO), the …

Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal: a systematic review

B Devleesschauwer, A Aryal, BK Sharma… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral zoonosis belonging to the group of
neglected tropical diseases. Exposure to a rabid animal may result in a fatal acute …

Large-scale phylogenomic analysis reveals the complex evolutionary history of rabies virus in multiple carnivore hosts

C Troupin, L Dacheux, M Tanguy, C Sabeta… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The natural evolution of rabies virus (RABV) provides a potent example of multiple host
shifts and an important opportunity to determine the mechanisms that underpin viral …

Portable rabies virus sequencing in canine rabies endemic countries using the Oxford Nanopore MinION

CM Gigante, G Yale, RE Condori, NC Costa, NV Long… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
As countries with endemic canine rabies progress towards elimination by 2030, it will
become necessary to employ techniques to help plan, monitor, and confirm canine rabies …

Using phylogeographic approaches to analyse the dispersal history, velocity and direction of viral lineages—Application to rabies virus spread in Iran

S Dellicour, C Troupin, F Jahanbakhsh… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen the extensive use of phylogeographic approaches to unveil the
dispersal history of virus epidemics. Spatially explicit reconstructions of viral spread …

Free‐roaming dogs in Nepal: Demographics, health and public knowledge, attitudes and practices

G Massei, AR Fooks, DL Horton… - Zoonoses and public …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In Nepal, most dogs are free to roam and may transmit diseases to humans and animals.
These dogs often suffer from malnutrition and lack basic health care. Minimal information is …

On the use of phylogeographic inference to infer the dispersal history of rabies virus: a review study

KD Nahata, N Bollen, MS Gill, M Layan, H Bourhy… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease which is caused by negative strand RNA-viruses
belonging to the genus Lyssavirus. Within this genus, rabies viruses circulate in a diverse …

Complex epidemiology of a zoonotic disease in a culturally diverse region: phylogeography of rabies virus in the Middle East

DL Horton, LM McElhinney, CM Freuling… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The Middle East is a culturally and politically diverse region at the gateway between Europe,
Africa and Asia. Spatial dynamics of the fatal zoonotic disease rabies among countries of the …

Dual combined real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of lyssavirus infection

L Dacheux, F Larrous, R Lavenir… - PLoS Neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The definitive diagnosis of lyssavirus infection (including rabies) in animals and humans is
based on laboratory confirmation. The reference techniques for post-mortem rabies …

Spatio-temporal analysis of the genetic diversity of arctic rabies viruses and their reservoir hosts in Greenland

D Hanke, CM Freuling, S Fischer… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
There has been limited knowledge on spatio-temporal epidemiology of zoonotic arctic fox
rabies among countries bordering the Arctic, in particular Greenland. Previous molecular …