The cultural impact of rabies, the fatal neurological disease caused by infection with rabies
virus, registers throughout recorded history. Although rabies has been the subject of large …

Rabies, an acute progressive, fatal encephalomyelitis, transmitted most commonly through
the bite of a rabid animal, is responsible for an estimated 61,000 human deaths worldwide …

" Although there is debate about the estimated health burden of rabies, the estimates of
direct mortality and the DALYs due to rabies are among the highest of the neglected tropical …

Background. The number of human deaths due to rabies is currently underestimated to be
55,000 deaths per year. Biological diagnostic methods for confirmation of rabies remain …

Rabies viral encephalitis, though one of the oldest recognized infectious disease of humans,
remains an incurable, fatal encephalomyelitis, despite advances in understanding of its …

Rabies, a fatal zoonotic viral encephalitis remains a neglected disease in India despite a
high disease burden. Laboratory confirmation is essential, especially in patients with …

Over the past 10 years, new techniques and protocols have been proposed for rabies
diagnosis, especially in humans. However, the reported number of laboratory-confirmed …

Accurate and early diagnosis of animal rabies is critical for undertaking public health
measures. Whereas the direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) technique is the recommended …

Rabies in small animals has been dramatically reduced in the United States since the
introduction of rabies vaccination of domestic animals in the 1940s. As a consequence, the …

Sensitivity, specificity and short turn-around time nucleic acid-amplification tests (NATs)
have been steadily improving. NATs have been employed in the diagnosis of rabies to …