Abstract The World Health Organization and collaborating agencies have set the goal of
eliminating dog-mediated human rabies by 2030. Building on experience with rabies …

Human rabies is regarded as a fatal disease; however, its occurrence is preventable.
Prevention consists of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for humans and controlling the main …

Rabies constantly kills 59,000 people annually, mostly in Asia and Africa. Rabies, which is
responsible for 99% of human rabies cases, is totally preventable by standard vaccinations …

Rabies is a neglected but preventable viral zoonosis that poses a substantial threat to public
health. In this regard, a global program has been initiated for the elimination of human …

Dog-mediated rabies kills tens of thousands of people each year in India, representing one
third of the estimated global rabies burden. Whilst the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Rabies is a vaccine-preventable fatal disease in man and most mammals. Although rabies is
recorded in 150 territories and is responsible for at least 60,000 human deaths every year …

Rabies is a fatal viral disease that causes an estimated 59,000 human deaths each year.
The majority of these deaths occur in developing countries in Asia. Canine rabies is …

Rabies is a classical zoonosis that has been known to man for ages. The disease can be
caused by several viral species in the Lyssavirus genus, but the original lyssavirus, the …

The WHO roadmap on Neglected Tropical Diseases1 sets out the goals for the NTDs which
include elimination of rabies as a public health problem, defined as zero human rabies …

For more than 100 years, canine rabies vaccination has been available as a tool for rabies
control and elimination. However, domestic dogs still remain a major reservoir for rabies …