Rabies is a lethal zoonotic disease that is caused by lyssaviruses, most often rabies virus.
Despite control efforts, sporadic outbreaks in wildlife populations are largely unpredictable …

Before the introduction of control programs in the 20th century, rabies in domestic dogs
occurred throughout the Western Hemisphere. However, historical records and phylogenetic …

The notion that certain animal groups disproportionately maintain and transmit viruses to
humans due to broad-scale differences in ecology, life history, and physiology currently …

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 …

Despite the rapid growth in viral genome sequencing, statistical methods face challenges in
handling historical viral endemic diseases with large amounts of underutilized partial …

Whether a pathogen entering a new host species results in a single infection or in onward
transmission, and potentially an outbreak, depends upon the progression of infection in the …

This infographic describes the transmission cycle of rabies virus in domestic dogs and the
necessity of a One Health approach, integrating medical and veterinary interventions, to …

Multi-host infectious agents challenge our abilities to understand, predict and manage
disease dynamics. Within this, many infectious agents are also able to use, simultaneously …

Pathogen discovery contributes to our knowledge of bat-borne viruses and is linked to the
heightened interest globally in bats as recognised reservoirs of zoonotic agents. The …

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), particularly zoonoses, represent a significant threat to
global health. Emergence is often driven by anthropogenic activity (eg, travel, land use …