Molecular characterisation of human rabies in Tanzania and Kenya: a case series report and phylogenetic investigation

• Main Authors: Gurdeep Jaswant (Author), Kathryn Campbell (Author), Anna Czupryna (Author), Athman Mwatondo (Author), Brian Ogoti (Author), Carmen W. E. Embregts (Author), Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel (Author), Charles Kayuki (Author), Davis Kuchaka (Author), Gati Wambura (Author), James Oigo (Author), Joel Changalucha (Author), Julius O. Oyugi (Author), Kennedy Lushasi (Author), Lwitiko Sikana (Author), Marco van Zwetselaar (Author), Marieke C. J. Dekker (Author), Mathew Muturi (Author), Marybeth Maritim (Author), Mumbua Mutunga (Author), Rowan Durrant (Author), Tom Abala (Author), Veronicah Chuchu (Author), Kirstyn Brunker (Author), S. M. Thumbi (Author), Katie Hampson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Rabies remains a major public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. However, human rabies deaths are rarely laboratory-confirmed or sequenced, especially in Africa. Five human rabies deaths from Tanzania and Kenya were investigated and the causative rabies viruses s...