Victor Bastos, Vinicius Pacheco, Érika D L Rodrigues, Cássia N S Moraes, Adriel L Nóbile, Dennyson Leandro M Fonseca, Kamilla B S Souza, Fernando Y N do Vale, Igor S Filgueiras, Lena F Schimke, Lasse M Giil, Guido Moll, Gustavo Cabral-Miranda, Hans D Ochs, Pedro F da Costa Vasconcelos, Guilherme D de Melo, Hervé Bourhy, Livia M N Casseb, Otavio Cabral-Marques
Rabies is an ancient neuroinvasive viral (genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae) disease affecting approximately 59,000 people worldwide. The central nervous system (CNS) is targeted, and rabies has a case fatality rate of almost 100% in humans and animals. Rabies is entirely preventable through proper vaccination, and thus, the highest incidence is typically observed in developing countries, mainly in Africa and Asia. However, there are still cases in European countries and the United States. Recently, demographic, increasing income levels, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have caused a massive raising in the animal population, enhancing the need for preventive measures (e...
October 2023: Journal of Medical Virology