Current status of rabies and prospects for elimination

AR Fooks, AC Banyard, DL Horton, N Johnson… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case-fatality rate approaching
100%. The disease is established on all continents apart from Antarctica; most cases are …

Rabies–epidemiology, pathogenesis, public health concerns and advances in diagnosis and control: a comprehensive review

R Singh, KP Singh, S Cherian, M Saminathan… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Rabies is a zoonotic, fatal and progressive neurological infection caused by rabies virus of
the genus Lyssavirus and family Rhabdoviridae. It affects all warm-blooded animals and the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of potent neutralizing antibodies from convalescent plasma in patients hospitalized for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Gharbharan, CCE Jordans… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In a randomized clinical trial of 86 hospitalized COVID-19 patients comparing standard care
to treatment with 300mL convalescent plasma containing high titers of neutralizing SARS …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA as novel technology for passive immunotherapy

T Schlake, A Thess, M Thran, I Jordan - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2019 - Springer
While active immunization elicits a lasting immune response by the body, passive
immunotherapy transiently equips the body with exogenously generated immunological …

[HTML][HTML] Novel lyssavirus in bat, Spain

NA Ceballos, SV Morón, JM Berciano… - Emerging infectious …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new tentative lyssavirus, Lleida bat lyssavirus, was found in a bent-winged bat
(Miniopterus schreibersii) in Spain. It does not belong to phylogroups I or II, and it seems to …

The K1 capsular polysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii is a potential therapeutic target via passive immunization

TA Russo, JM Beanan, R Olson… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of extremely resistant and panresistant Gram-negative bacilli, such as
Acinetobacter baumannii, requires consideration of nonantimicrobial therapeutic …

Health data in dentistry: an attempt to master the digital challenge

T Joda, T Waltimo, N Probst-Hensch… - Public Health …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Biomedical research has recently moved through three stages in digital
healthcare:(1) data collection;(2) data sharing; and (3) data analytics. With the explosion of …

[HTML][HTML] Monoclonal antibodies for prophylactic and therapeutic use against viral infections

L Both, AC Banyard, C van Dolleweerd, E Wright… - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Neutralizing antibodies play an essential part in antiviral immunity and are instrumental in
preventing or modulating viral diseases. Polyclonal antibody preparations are increasingly …

Efficacy of favipiravir (T-705) in rabies postexposure prophylaxis

K Yamada, K Noguchi, T Komeno… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Rabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by rabies virus (RABV), and no antiviral drugs for
RABV are currently available. We report for the first time the efficacy of favipiravir (T-705) …

mAb therapy controls CNS‐resident lyssavirus infection via a CD4 T cell‐dependent mechanism

KE Mastraccio, C Huaman, SAA Coggins… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Infections with rabies virus (RABV) and related lyssaviruses are uniformly fatal once virus
accesses the central nervous system (CNS) and causes disease signs. Current …