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

Background Rabies is a fatal yet vaccine-preventable disease. In the last two decades,
domestic dog populations have been shown to constitute the predominant reservoir of …

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

In 1973, the National Rabies Program was created in Brazil through an agreement between
the Ministry of Health and Agriculture. Since its beginning, it developed integrated action …

Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease which is caused by negative strand RNA-viruses
belonging to the genus Lyssavirus. Within this genus, rabies viruses circulate in a diverse …

The rabies virus (RABV) is characterized by a history dominated by host shifts within and
among bats and carnivores. One of the main outcomes of long-term RABV maintenance in …

Rabies is an endemic disease in Brazil, where it is considered a serious public health
problem. Although the number of human and dog‐transmitted cases has declined in recent …

ABSTRACT The Sf9 and Sf21 cell lines derived from ovarian tissues of the wide-host-range
phytophagous lepidopteran Spodoptera frugiperda are widely used for research and …

The impact of infectious disease may become progressively more harmful to a species'
survival as a wild population approaches an'extinction vortex'. This risk is especially relevant …

Cases of canine rabies continue to occur in North and Northeast Brazil, and the number of
notifications of rabies cases in wild canids has increased as a result of the expansion of …