Lyssaviruses are bullet-shaped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses and the
causative agents of the ancient zoonosis rabies. Africa is the likely home to the ancestors of …

Lyssaviruses cause the disease rabies, which is a fatal encephalitic disease resulting in
approximately 59,000 human deaths annually. The prototype species, rabies lyssavirus, is …

The availability of pathogen sequence data and use of genomic surveillance is rapidly
increasing. Genomic tools and classification systems need updating to reflect this. Here …

Encephalitis is a devastating neurologic disease often complicated by prolonged neurologic
deficits. Best practices for the management of adult patients include universal testing for a …

Rabies is an acute, progressive encephalitis caused by a lyssavirus, with the highest case
fatality of any conventional infectious disease. More than 17 different lyssaviruses have …

Background Viral aetiologies are the most common cause of central nervous system (CNS)
infections. Approximately one-half of CNS infections remain of undetermined origin. High …

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This review reports on laboratory diagnostic approaches for selected, highly pathogenic
neglected zoonotic diseases, ie anthrax, bovine tuberculosis, brucellosis, echinococcosis …

Rabies remains endemic in more than 150 countries. In 99% of human cases, rabies virus is
transmitted by dogs. The disease, which is nearly always fatal, is preventable by vaccines …

Among zoonotic diseases recognized in bats, rabies is one of the best studied, due in part
due to its long history of investigation, and because of the significance of rabies for public …