Current status of rabies and prospects for elimination

AR Fooks, AC Banyard, DL Horton, N Johnson… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case-fatality rate approaching
100%. The disease is established on all continents apart from Antarctica; most cases are …

Rabies–epidemiology, pathogenesis, public health concerns and advances in diagnosis and control: a comprehensive review

R Singh, KP Singh, S Cherian, M Saminathan… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Rabies is a zoonotic, fatal and progressive neurological infection caused by rabies virus of
the genus Lyssavirus and family Rhabdoviridae. It affects all warm-blooded animals and the …

Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies

K Hampson, L Coudeville, T Lembo… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Rabies is a notoriously underreported and neglected disease of low-income
countries. This study aims to estimate the public health and economic burden of rabies …

A review of the interactions between free-roaming domestic dogs and wildlife

J Hughes, DW Macdonald - Biological conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Negative impacts from the presence of domestic animals pose particular issues for
biodiversity conservation as they are intimately tied to the economic, social and political …

The epidemiology and public health importance of toxocariasis: a zoonosis of global importance

CNL Macpherson - International journal for parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
Toxocariasis, caused by infection with larvae of Toxocara canis, and to a lesser extent by
Toxocara cati and other ascaridoid species, manifests in humans in a range of clinical …

Bayesian phylogeography finds its roots

P Lemey, A Rambaut, AJ Drummond… - PLoS computational …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
As a key factor in endemic and epidemic dynamics, the geographical distribution of viruses
has been frequently interpreted in the light of their genetic histories. Unfortunately, inference …

Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach

AD Gibson, G Yale, J Corfmat, M Appupillai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
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) …

Bats: important reservoir hosts of emerging viruses

CH Calisher, JE Childs, HE Field… - Clinical microbiology …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Bats (order Chiroptera, suborders Megachiroptera [“flying foxes”] and
Microchiroptera) are abundant, diverse, and geographically widespread. These mammals …

Snakebite mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey

B Mohapatra, DA Warrell, W Suraweera… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background India has long been thought to have more snakebites than any other country.
However, inadequate hospital-based reporting has resulted in estimates of total annual …

[HTML][HTML] Economic impact of dengue illness in the Americas

DS Shepard, L Coudeville, YA Halasa… - The American journal …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The growing burden of dengue in endemic countries and outbreaks in previously unaffected
countries stress the need to assess the economic impact of this disease. This paper …