A recent article by Mani et al. discusses a new trend in India: within the last 6 years there have been six survivors of clinical rabies contracted from dogs. The authors attribute this upward trend in survival to increased access to conventional critical care facilities and more doctors trying to save rabies patients.
In 2015–16, a collaborative project between WSU and MSD Animal Health began investigating whether the commonly-used canine rabies vaccine Nobivac® Rabies had thermotolerant properties. The first phase of this trial, which investigated the effect that various levels of non cold-chain storage had on the potency of the vaccine, indicated that this vaccine retained its efficacy following storage at 25°C for six months and 30°C for three months.
Emergency Departments in Karachi’s three major hospitals report over 100 dog bites a day, but most victims stay home and literally rub salt into the wound. The Indus Hospital's dog bite management center is changing community attitudes and improving practices.
Recently developed rapid immunodiagnostic tests for rabies diagnosis promise testing outside the laboratory, require virtually no equipment and minimal training, and produce a result in minutes. Such tests are available on the market now, but do they work?
A group of dedicated scientists from the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge held a fundraising rabies-themed bake off in aid of World Rabies Day.
A round up of recent research studies aligned with GARC's mission
Kenya is observing the second anniversary of the launch of her strategy for elimination of human rabies by 2030. In those two years, there have been significant steps and events that have increased momentum towards realizing the vision of a rabies-free Kenya.
Ryan M. Wallace DVM, MPH has been involved in rabies control efforts in Haiti since 2012 and shares his first-hand experiences from conducting vaccination campaigns in the country.
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has awarded their 2016 Global One Health Award to Dr Luke Gamble, founder of charities Worldwide Veterinary Service and Mission Rabies.
Newly formulated baits containing the rabies vaccine SAG2 were distributed to three wolf packs in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia. The baits will provide a much needed safeguard to these dwindling communities of wolves, threatened by exposure to the rabies virus as local dog populations expand into their territory.