African swine fever is a major concern due to its negative impact on pork production in
affected regions. Due to lack of treatment and a safe vaccine, it has been extremely difficult …

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 …

An estimate or index of target species density is important in determining oral rabies
vaccination (ORV) bait densities to control and eliminate specific rabies variants. From 1997 …

Rabies virus (RABV) is a deadly zoonosis that circulates in wild carnivore populations in
North America. Intensive management within the USA and Canada has been conducted to …

In 2011, we conducted a field trial in rural West Virginia, USA to evaluate the safety and
immunogenicity of a live, recombinant human adenovirus (AdRG1. 3) rabies virus …

Since 2000, large amounts of rabies bait vaccine have been distributed in two provinces
where raccoon dog-mediated rabies has occurred. A total of 146 raccoon dogs were caught …

Since the 1990s, oral rabies vaccination (ORV) has been used successfully to halt the
westward spread of the raccoon rabies virus (RV) variant from the eastern continental USA …

Oral vaccination using attenuated and recombinant rabies vaccines has been proven a
powerful tool to combat rabies in wildlife. However, clear differences have been observed in …

Wildlife disease management is a growing and challenging One Health paradigm for
scientists and program managers working to resolve human-wildlife conflicts. Managing …

In the US, rabies virus (RV) has been enzootic in raccoons (Procyon lotor) since the late
1940s. Oral rabies vaccination (ORV) was implemented in the 1990s to halt the spread of …