Rabies is an ancient viral disease that significantly impacts human and animal health
throughout the world. In the developing parts of the world, dog bites represent the highest …

Introduction In the continental US, four terrestrial mammalian species are reservoirs for
seven antigenic rabies virus variants. Cross species transmission (CST) occurs when a …

Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are the primary reservoir for rabies virus in eastern North America.
Management of rabies in raccoons is achieved primarily with the use of oral rabies …

The movement ecology of raccoons varies widely across habitats with important implications
for the management of zoonotic diseases such as rabies. However, the spatial ecology of …

Zoonotic disease control presents significant costs and challenges in human and wildlife
populations. Although spatial variability and temporal variability in host populations play a …

Predicting the geographic spread of wildlife epidemics requires knowledge about the
movement patterns of disease hosts or vectors. The field of landscape genetics provides …

The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792) has expanded its geographic range
northward since European settlement, which has been attributed to its ability to exploit …

In many host-pathogen systems, pathogen transmission requires close contact between
infectious and susceptible hosts. The contact rates among individuals depend upon how …

Multiple control methods have been used in North America to manage the spread of rabies
caused by the raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies virus variant (RRVV). Recently, oral …

Enhanced rabies surveillance (ERS) is essential for sound oral rabies vaccination (ORV)
decisions to prevent the spread of specific rabies virus variants in meso-carnivores and to …