[Rabies].

Florence Ribadeau-Dumas1, Laurent Dacheux, Hervé Bourhy

  • 1Institut Pasteur, centre national de référence de la rage, centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) de référence et de recherche pour la rage, unité dynamique des lyssavirus et adaptation à l'hôte, 25, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. florence.ribadeau-dumas@pasteur.fr

Medecine Sciences : M/S
|January 29, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Rabies, a fatal encephalitis transmitted by animal saliva, causes 55,000 deaths yearly. Timely prevention through washing, antisepsis, and vaccination with antirabies immunoglobulins (Ig) is crucial for controlling rabies.

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