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Rabies spreads in Indonesia's Bali
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Bali Island, Indonesia - An outbreak of rabies is spreading
in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, officials said (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are we getting closer to the treatment of rabies?
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Future Virology , November 2009, Vol. 4, No. 6, Pages 563-570. (Source: Future Virology)
Source: Future Virology - November 9, 2009 Category: Virology Tags: article Source Type: journals
Human Vaccinia Infection After Contact with a Raccoon Rabies Vaccine Bait --- Pennsylvania, 2009
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Human Rabies --- Missouri, 2008
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(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: organizations
Human rabies - Missouri, 2008.
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This report summarizes the patient's treatment and clinical course. The report highlights the importance of raising public awareness of rabies, particularly the risk for rabies after bat and other wildlife exposures. Health-care providers should maintain a high clinical suspicion for rabies in patients with a recent animal bite history and unexplained encephalitis.
PMID: 19893481 [PubMed - in process] (Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl...)
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - November 6, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: journals
Human vaccinia infection after contact with a raccoon rabies vaccine bait - Pennsylvania, 2009.
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This report describes this case, which was the second case of human vaccinia infection related to the ORV program. Public health agencies should educate the public, and particularly pet owners, regarding potential hazards associated with handling wildlife rabies vaccine baits and should provide guidance for persons exposed to this vaccine.
PMID: 19893480 [PubMed - in process] (Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl...)
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - November 6, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: journals
Viral meningitis and encephalitis
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Abstract: Meningitis and encephalitis due to virus infections occur at all stages of life from the neonate to the elderly and may represent disease due to the primary site of replication, e.g. rabies, or be part of a wider infection syndrome, e.g. HIV. A large proportion of cases go unconfirmed by laboratory diagnosis despite use of sensitive techniques (such as the polymerase chain reaction). They may be both sporadic and epidemic in nature, but with changing environmental and societal conditions, agents may emerge anew, e.g. Nipah and Hendra viruses, or reappear after a period of good control through vaccination, e.g. mu...
Source: Medicine - November 1, 2009 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Philip Rice Tags: Nervous system infections Source Type: journals
Risk of importing zoonotic diseases through wildlife trade, United States.
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The United States is the world's largest wildlife importer, and imported wild animals represent a potential source of zoonotic pathogens. Using data on mammals imported during 2000-2005, we assessed their potential to host 27 selected risk zoonoses and created a risk assessment that could inform policy making for wildlife importation and zoonotic disease surveillance. A total of 246,772 mammals in 190 genera (68 families) were imported. The most widespread agents of risk zoonoses were rabies virus (in 78 genera of mammals), Bacillus anthracis (57), Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (48), Echinococcus spp. (41), and Le...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - November 1, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pavlin BI, Schloegel LM, Daszak P Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: journals
BayRab (Rabies Immune Globulin (Human) Solvent/Detergent Treated) - updated on RxList
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BayRab (Rabies Immune Globulin (Human) Solvent/Detergent Treated) drug description - FDA approved labeling for prescription drugs and medications at RxList (Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - October 28, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: consumer
No shortage of rabies vaccine: Novartis India
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Novartis India said there was no shortage of rabies vaccine in the country, despite manufacturing constraints at Ankaleswar plant of Chiron Behring Vaccines. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 27, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health closes deal to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health Business from Pfizer
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Ingelheim/Germany and St. Joseph/MO, 26 October 2009 - Boehringer Ingelheim, a global pharmaceutical group of companies, together with its U.S. animal health business Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., announced today that it has closed its deal with Pfizer to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health business. The acquisition, which includes products in the U.S., Australia, Canada and South Africa, as well as two manufacturing and research facilities located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, significantly increases the size of Boehringer Ingelheim2E8s companion animal and cattle portfolios and strengthens the co...
Source: Boehringer Ingelheim RSS-Newsfeed - October 26, 2009 Category: Research Source Type: organizations
Novartis-Aventis row leads to shortage of anti-rabies vaccine
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Beware of Dogs! There is a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in the country, thanks to a dispute between Novartis and Sanofi Aventis, which together hold about 80% of the anti-rabies vaccine market. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 25, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Repeated detection of European bat lyssavirus type 2 in dead bats found at a single roost site in the UK
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Abstract In August 2007, European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) was isolated from a Daubenton’s bat found at Stokesay Castle. In September
2008, another bat from the same vicinity of Stokesay Castle also tested positive for EBLV-2. This is the first occurrence
of repeated detection of EBLV-2 from a single site. Here, we report the detection of low levels of viral RNA in various bat
organs by qRT-PCR and detection of viral antigen by immunohistochemistry. We also report sequence data from both cases and
compare data with those derived from other EBLV-2 isolations in the UK.
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Source: Archives of Virology - October 21, 2009 Category: Virology Tags: Archives of Virology Source Type: journals
Crucell N.V.: Crucell Rabies Monoclonal Antibody Combination: Positive Results Philippines Phase II Study Presented at RITA Conference
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LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS (MARKET WIRE) Dutch biopharma company Crucell N.V. (Euronext, Nasdaq: CRXL) (SWISS: CRX) today announced that detailed results of the Phase II Philippines study of its rabies monoclonal antibody combination (CL 184) were presented at the XX Rabies in the Americas (RITA) Conference in Quebec, Canada. The presentation was given by Dr Beatriz P. Quiambao (MD), Chief Clinical Research Division and Head, Rabies Research Group, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Philippines and is available on Crucell's website www.crucell.com. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - October 20, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Chemicals CRXL Source Type: news
A vaccine measured with a highly variable assay: Rabies.
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Manufacturers and regulators are challenged when evaluating stability of vaccines when potency is measured using a highly variable assay. Participants in the IABS Workshop on Stability Evaluation of Vaccines, a Life Cycle Approach, were offered a case study from a series of stability studies of a rabies vaccine, using the NIH potency assay. The case study was introduced with a scenario in which a new manufacturer was to formulate, lyophilize and fill the vaccine from bulk supplied by another manufacturer. The regulatory authority requested that data from the new manufacturer be supplied, to supplement that of the origi...
Source: Biologicals : Journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization - October 18, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jivapaisarnpong T, Schofield T, Krause PR Tags: Biologicals Source Type: journals
Immunogenicity and booster efficacy of pre-exposure rabies vaccination
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Summary: A multivariate analysis was used to identify factors influencing the immunogenicity of rabies vaccine and to assess the efficacy of booster injections in a cohort of 407 people monitored prospectively for 10 years after primary vaccination. Rabies vaccine (HDCV or PVRV) was injected by intramuscular route either on days 0 and 28 or on days 0, 7 and 28. All the participants received a booster injection on day 365. At the end of follow-up (year 10), 163 subjects had titers >0.5IU/ml (group A) and 59 subjects had titers (Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - October 16, 2009 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: C. Strady, L. Andreoletti, S. Baumard, A. Servettaz, R. Jaussaud, A. Strady Tags: Public Health Source Type: journals
Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus isolates in Uganda.
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African field rabies virus isolates from domestic animals can be phylogenetically divided into three geographic lineages: Africa 1a (North and West Africa); Africa 1b (East and South Africa); and Africa 2 (West Africa). Partial nucleotide sequences of the rabies virus nucleoprotein gene (203-nt) were obtained from five dogs and three goats in Uganda. The analyzed Ugandan field rabies viruses were categorized into the Africa 1a and Africa 1b lineages. The present study thus demonstrates that two African lineage-derived rabies viruses coexist in Uganda, which is located in the geographical region between the known Africa...
Source: Virus Research - October 13, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: Hirano S, Itou T, Shibuya H, Kashiwazaki Y, Sakai T Tags: Virus Res Source Type: journals
Rabies virus glycoprotein expression in Drosophila S2 cells: Influence of re-selection on protein expression.
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The aim of this study was to achieve expression of recombinant rabies virus glycoprotein (rRVGP) in Drosophila S2 cells. For this, a cDNA coding for the selection hygromycin antibiotic and the cDNA encoding the RVGP protein under the control of the constitutive actin promoter (Ac) were cloned in an expression plasmid, which was transfected into S2 cells. S2 cell populations (S2AcRVGPHy) showed rRVGP expression in cell lysates, attaining concentrations up to 1.5 mug/10(7) cells (705 mug/L). Of the transfected cells, 20% were shown to express the rRVGP. Cell subpopulations selected by limiting dilution expressed higher r...
Source: Biotechnology Journal - October 11, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dos Santos AS, Lemos MA, Pereira CA, Jorge SA Tags: Biotechnol J Source Type: journals
Veterinarians Tend To More Than Animals
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Being a veterinarian involves more than giving rabies shots. Four veterinarians practicing in different areas join host Ira Flatow to talk about their day-to-day work — from birthing calves, to tracking epidemics, to diagnosing a sick hamster.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
(Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - October 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife
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Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, experts at The University of Nottingham are to lead a project aimed at developing a state-of-the-art pan-European surveillance system to monitor emerging and re-emerging infections in wildlife. (Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today)
Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today - October 9, 2009 Category: Veterinary Research Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Uganda: Masaka in Mass Vaccination of Dogs
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Masaka District is conducting a mass vaccination exercise of dogs and cats in a move to curb rabies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 8, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Protecting humans and animals from diseases in wildlife
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(University of Nottingham) Avian influenza, rabies, plague, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and more recently swine flu are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, experts at the University of Nottingham are to lead a project aimed at developing a state-of-the-art pan-European surveillance system to monitor emerging and re-emerging infections in wildlife. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 7, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife
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Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. As the list continues to grow, experts in the UK are to lead a project aimed at developing a state-of-the-art pan-European surveillance system to monitor emerging and re-emerging infections in wildlife. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 7, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news
Small fiber neuropathy following vaccination for rabies, varicella or Lyme disease.
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We report five patients who developed paresthesias within one day to two months following vaccination for rabies, varicella zoster, or Lyme disease. On examination, there was mild sensory loss in distal extremities, preserved strength, normal or minimally abnormal electrodiagnostic findings, and decreased epidermal nerve fiber densities per skin biopsy. Empiric immunomodulatory therapy was tried in two patients and was ineffective. All patients' symptoms have improved, but persist. We conclude that an acute or subacute, post-vaccination small fiber neuropathy may occur and follow a chronic course.
PMID: 19808027 [PubMe...
Source: Vaccine - October 2, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Souayah N, Ajroud-Driss S, Sander HW, Brannagan TH, Hays AP, Chin RL Tags: Vaccine Source Type: journals
Clinical Trial Launched In India To Improve Treatment For People Bitten By Rabid Animals
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MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School has announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody (MAB) developed to neutralize the rabies virus. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 1, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Rabies in Foxes, Aegean Region, Turkey.
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At the end of the 1990s in the Aegean region of Turkey, rabies rapidly spread among foxes. This spread likely resulted from spillover infection from dogs and led to increased rabies cases among cattle. To control this outbreak, oral rabies vaccination of foxes has been used.
PMID: 19861056 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases)
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 1, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Vos A, Freuling C, Eskiizmirliler S, Un H, Aylan O, Johnson N, Gurbuz S, Muller W, Akkoca N, Muller T, Fooks AR, Askaroglu H Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: journals
First human gets new antibody aimed at rabies virus
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(University of Massachusetts Medical School) MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial in India, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody developed to neutralize the rabies virus. The World Health Organization estimates that at least 10 million people are exposed to rabid animals each year, resulting in some 55,000 deaths. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 30, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Overview, Prevention, and Treatment of Rabies
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Pharmacotherapy 29(10): 1182-1195 Abstract Each year, approximately 55,000 individuals worldwide die from an infection due to the rabies virus. Rabies is a life-threatening disease caused by an RNA virus that is usually transmitted to humans through bites from rabid animals. More recently, reports of transmission by means of organ transplantation have been reported. Since human rabies is nearly 100% fatal if prophylactic measures are not followed, an increased awareness of who should receive prophylaxis and when prophylaxis should be administered is necessary. Preexposure prophylaxis entails the administration of the rabie...
Source: Pharmacotherapy: Official Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy - September 29, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Andrea Julia NiggPamela L Walker Source Type: journals
China worried by soaring rabies deaths
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Beijing - Failure to seek treatment due to ignorance of the
risks from dog bites has fuelled a (Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - September 28, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dogs Canis familiaris as carnivores: their role and function in intraguild competition
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Dogs Canis familiaris are the world's most common carnivore and are known to interact with wildlife as predators, prey, competitors, and disease reservoirs or vectors. Despite these varied roles in the community, the interaction of dogs with sympatric wild carnivore species is poorly understood. We review how dogs have been classified in the literature, and illustrate how the location and ranging behaviour of dogs are important factors in predicting their interactions with wild prey and carnivores. We detail evidence of dogs as intraguild competitors with sympatric carnivores in the context of exploitative, interference an...
Source: Mammal Review - September 25, 2009 Category: Zoology Authors: ABI TAMIM VANAK, MATTHEW E. GOMPPER Source Type: journals
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008
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This is the 2008 revision of the Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (NASPHV). Aimed at veterinarians and those interested in rabies prevention and control, this document has a U.S focus and has three parts, covering the principles of rabies prevention and control; recommendations for parenteral rabies vaccination procedures; and rabies vaccines licensed and marketed in the United States. References are provided and this document is made available on the Web by NASPHV. (Source: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Health an...
Source: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Health and LifenSciences veterinary gateway - September 25, 2009 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: organizations
Bayesian Phylogeography Finds Its Roots
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Author Summary
Spreading in time and space, rapidly evolving viruses can accumulate a considerable amount of genetic variation. As a consequence, viral genomes become valuable resources to reconstruct the spatial and temporal processes that are shaping epidemic or endemic dynamics. In molecular epidemiology, spatial inference is often limited to the interpretation of evolutionary histories with respect to the sampling locations of the pathogens. To test hypotheses about the spatial diffusion patterns of viruses, analytical techniques are required that enable us to reconstruct how viruses migrated in the past. Here, we dev...
Source: PLoS Computational Biology - September 24, 2009 Category: Biology Authors: Philippe Lemey et al. Source Type: journals
New Rabies Vaccine May Require Only A Single Shot
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The current standard post-exposure regimen is not feasible in the developing world, where rabies is endemic A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - September 24, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Live-Virus Vaccine Shows Promise Against Rabies
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A rabies vaccine made with a live virus lacking a gene needed for replication appears safe and
effective with a simpler dosing regimen than the current post-exposure vaccine, according to results of animal
studies published online Sept. 18 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - September 23, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: info
One Shot May Someday Replace Six for Rabies
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Experimental vaccine offers hope for millions of people worldwide, researchers say Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Topics: International Health, Rabies (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
One Shot May Someday Replace Six for Rabies
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Title: One Shot May Someday Replace Six for RabiesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/23/2009 8:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/23/2009 (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - September 23, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: consumer
Rabies vaccine needs only a single shot
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A new vaccine being developed would mean people bitten by rabid animals would need only one shot, not the six injections required now, U.S. researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gates cash to help fight rabies
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A charity run by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates gives more than £6m to a project for the elimination of rabies. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 21, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West Source Type: news
Bill Gates throws £6m lifeline to Scots team fighting rabies killer
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PIONEERING Scots researchers have secured a £6 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help save the lives of more than 100 children a day from rabies. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - September 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Rabies Vaccine May Require Only A Single Shot, Not Six
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A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation may be all it takes for rabies vaccination, according to new research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 20, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news
World Rabies Day: Vets Urged To Raise Awareness
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Organisations around the world will be aiming to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention on the third annual World Rabies Day on September 28. The BVA's Overseas Group is supporting World Rabies Day by urging UK veterinary surgeons to raise their clients' awareness of the implications of rabies when they travel abroad. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Veterinary Source Type: news
Rabies Vaccine BP - Revised SPC
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Source: eMC (electronic Medicines Compendium)
Area: Other Library Updates > SPC Changes
??A warning on the risk of apnoea in very premature infants following vaccination, has been added to section 4.4 (special warnings and precautions for use) and section 4.8 (undesirable effects). (Source: NeLM - Immunology and vaccination)
Source: NeLM - Immunology and vaccination - September 19, 2009 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: organizations
New rabies vaccine requires only one shot: study
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A single shot of vaccine ... (Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health)
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - September 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
New Rabies Vaccine May Require Only A Single Shot…Not Six
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A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation may be all it takes for rabies vaccination, according to new research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at the Jefferson Vaccine Center. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
New Rabies Vaccine May Require Only A Single Shot - Not Six
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A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation may be all it takes for rabies vaccination, according to new research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at the Jefferson Vaccine Center. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
First Brazilian to be cured from rabies discharged from hospital
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The first Brazilian ... (Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health)
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - September 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
New rabies vaccine may require only a single shot
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A person, commonly a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation appears to be all it takes for rabies vaccination, as per new research reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by scientists at the Jefferson Vaccine Center. A replication-deficient rabies virus vaccine that lacks a key gene called the matrix (M) gene induced a rapid and efficient anti-rabies immune response in mice and non-human primates, as per James McGettigan, Ph.D., assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - September 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
