BookHildegund C. J. Ertl, editor.
Summary: This book reviews the recent advances in rabies research and rabies vaccine development. The reader is introduced to biology and pathology of the virus, causing agents and the history of rabies vaccination. The book presents regional rabies prophylaxis programs and discusses vaccination strategies for wildlife and humans. Further, innate immune response as well as antibody response to rabies are examined. All chapters are written by renowned experts in rabies research, some of them part of the WHO Collaboration Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research. The book targets researchers and health professionals working in Virology, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicine.
Contents:
Rabies Life Cycle, Transmission and Pathogenesis
History of Rabies and Rabies Vaccines
Rabies vaccines for wildlife
Human Rabies Vaccines
Rabies vaccines, prophylactic, Peru
Rabies Prevention in Asia: Institutionalizing Implementation Capacities
Passive Immunity in Rabies Prophylaxis
Rabies Little Virus Against Powerful Innate Immunity
Novel Rabies Vaccines
Assessing the potency of inactivated veterinary vaccines and oral live vaccines against rabies
WHO Perspective on Rabies.