Rabies and other lyssavirus diseases.

Journal article

The full scale of the global burden of human rabies is unknown, owing to inadequate surveillance of this fatal disease. However, the terror of hydrophobia, a cardinal symptom of rabies encephalitis, is suffered by tens of thousands of people each year. The recent discovery of enzootic European bat lyssavirus infection in the UK is indicative of our expanding awareness of the Lyssavirus genus. The main mammalian vector species vary geographically, so the health problems created by the lyssavir...

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Authors: Warrell, M; Warrell, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Lancet
• Volume: 363
• Issue: 9413
• Pages: 959-969
• Publication date: 2004-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)15792-9
• EISSN: 1474-547X
• ISSN: 0140-6736
• Language: English
• Keywords: Forecasting; Rhabdoviridae Infections; Lyssavirus; Humans; Developing Countries; Rabies Vaccines; Chiroptera; Rabies; World Health; Animals; Great Britain; United States