Rabies Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prophylaxis and Treatment

• Main Author: Charles Rupprecht (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Bernhard Dietzschold (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Infectious disease; one health; rabies; veterinary medicine; prophylaxis; virus; zoonosis; public health; vaccination; wildlife
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Rabies is an acute, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis and one of the oldest described infectious diseases. All mammals are susceptible to infection, but rabid dogs are responsible for the greatest global burden. Bats and carnivores are the major wildlife reservoirs. More than 60,000 persons,...