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Scientific Watch Bulletin on Rabies

Produced by: United Against Rabies Forum

The Scientific Watch Bulletin on Rabies is a monthly collation of scientific literature on rabies.

This monitoring work is carried out with the contribution of Sophie Marchal-Mauer, ANSES (Nancy Rabies and Wildlife Laboratory), France.

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Animal and human rabies

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of a Planned Teaching Awareness Programme on Rabies and Management of Dog Bite among students of selected high school in Kottayam District, Kerala
S. Joseena, J. Jacob, A. Paul, et al. (2024). Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, 14(4), 263-267.
https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2024-14-4-3

Rabies in a two-year-old post-partum doe
I. G. Opaluwa–Kuzayed, R. E. Edeh, D. O. Omoniwa, et al. (2024). Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 22(4).
http://sokvetjournal.net/images/PDF/Vol_22_4/10.%20Opaluwa-Kuzayed%20et%20al.pdf

The Deadly Details: How Clear and Complete Are Publicly Available Sources of Human Rabies Information?
N. Patane, O. Eades, J. Morris, et al. (2025). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(1), 16.
https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/10/1/16

Incidence of suspected human rabies virus exposure and associated risk factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
M. K. Tariku, A. H. Belete, D. T. Worede, et al. (2025). BMC Infectious Diseases, 25(1), 27.
https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-024-10389-x

A Compartmental Model for the Transmission Dynamics of Rabies Disease in Dog Population (Suatu Model Petak untuk Transmisi Dinamik Penyakit Rabies dalam Populasi Anjing)
T. KALIAPAN, N. S. CHONG, I. ABDULLAH, et al. (2024). Sains Malaysiana, 53(12), 3425-3435.
http://ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol53num12_2024/vol53num12_2024pg%2023.html

Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, risk factors, and future directions of rabies in the Arabian Peninsula using one health approach: a review
M. M. Islam, A. Naeem, P. P. Mshelbwala, et al. (2025). European Journal of Public Health, 35(Suppl. 1), i14-i22.
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/35/Supplement_1/i14/7951899

Rabies transmitted from vampires to cattle: An overview
D. Soler-Tovar and L. E. Escobar. (2025). PloS One, 20(1), e0317214.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0317214

RABIES: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY SITUATION IN THE WORLD
A. A. Oslanov, S. Dilnoza, B. Suxrob, et al. (2025). JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 2(1), 170-173.
https://spaceknowladge.com/index.php/JOISR/article/view/678

Estimating Street Dog Populations and Enhancing Rabies Surveillance in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Karnataka, India: A Single-Sight and Sight-Resight Approach
R. Raaga, K. P. Suresh, D. Hemadri, et al. (2024). Scientific Research, New Technologies and Applications, 10.
https://stm.bookpi.org/SRNTA-V10/article/view/16642

In-depth investigation of a suspected case of human rabies at Ngaoundere Central Prison, in the Ngaoundere Urban health district, Adamawa region-Cameroon
L. DJAMILATOU, B. ANTSELE ONANENA, M. WAWOUA, et al. (2024). IQ Research Journal, 3(12), 1-18.
https://iqresearchjournal.com/paper/in-depth-investigation-of-a-suspected-case-of-human-rabies-at-ngaoundere-central-prison-in-the-ngaoundere-urban-health-district-adamawa-region-cameroon/

Rabies knowledge and prevention practices in Gombe state, Nigeria: a community-based comparative cross-sectional study of rabies hotspot and non-hotspot areas
E. C. Eugene, P. Odunze, B. Nuhu, et al. (2025). BMC Public Health, 25(1), 177.
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21309-2

Implementation of Collaborative Learning to Improve Knowledge about Rabies among Students at Elementary School in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
N. Hardianti, E. Sudarnika and D. W. Lukman. (2025). International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences, in press.
https://www.ijagbio.com/pdf-files/24-937.pdf

Understanding Reservoirs of Multi-Host Pathogens: A One Health Approach to Rabies in Tanzania
S. Hayes, K. Lushasi, J. Changalucha, et al. (2025). One Health Cases, in press.
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1079/onehealthcases.2025.0002

Effectiveness of educational interventions for improving rabies prevention in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis
N. Janeaim, C. Suwanwong, P. Prasittichok, et al. (2024). Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13(1), 497.
https://journals.lww.com/jehp/fulltext/2024/12280/effectiveness_of_educational_interventions_for.497.aspx

Mass rabies exposure of veterinary health care workers in Germany: Management, immune response, and tolerability of post exposure-prophylaxis
L. Lemmermann, J. Remppis, S. Bélard, et al. (2025). One Health, 20, 100978.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235277142500014X

Eliminating rabies can ‘absolutely be done’
J. Loeb. (2025). Veterinary Record, 196(2), 62.
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vetr.5138

Rabies-preventive health program for mothers in maternal and child health centers: quasi experimental study
S. I. Mabrouk Baraka, R. A. E. Abo El Nour, M. A. Abdelzaher, et al. (2025). Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 44(1), 11.
https://jhpn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41043-025-00740-6

Where have all the rabies cases gone? Results of rabies virus surveillance in wildlife in the Yukon, Canada
C. L. Andrew, M. Henaff, C. Fehlner-Gardiner, et al. (2025). Arctic Science, in press.
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/as-2024-0034

RABIES IN A STREET DOG IN NEW VALLEY GOVERNORATE, EGYPT
M. S. Diab, I. A. Naglaa, Y. F. Elnaker, et al. (2025). New Valley Veterinary Journal, 5(1), 97-100.
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_406564.html

The educational flipchart as a participative communitarian methodology: the case of accidents related to the bite of animals that are potential transmitters of rabies
J. Argüello Liévano and D. Soler-Tovar. (2025). Universidad de La Salle (Colombia).
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/items/7f7e4055-870d-4482-a35e-40cb58a7a805

Off-label Prescriptions for Rabies Management in India: Deviations from National Standards
V. Barwal and A. Mahajan. (2025). Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 50(1), 253-254.
https://journals.lww.com/ijcm/fulltext/2025/01000/off_label_prescriptions_for_rabies_management_in.42.aspx

Maternal-Fœtal Exposure to Human Rabies of a Newborn at Term at Maroua Regional Hospital, Cameroon: Exposition Materno-Fœtale de la Rage Humaine d’un Nouveau –Né à Terme : À Propos d’un Cas
S. Haman, A. Isseini, A. P. Haoua, et al. (2025). HEALTH RESEARCH IN AFRICA, 3(2).
http://hsd-fmsb.org/index.php/hra/article/view/6434

La rage au Maroc: Enquête épidémiologique et moyens préventifs dans la région de Beni Mellal-Khénifra
M. A. HANNIOUI. (2024). Université Cadi Ayyad (Marrakech, Maroc), 141 p.
http://wd.fmpm.uca.ma/biblio/theses/annee-htm/FT/2024/these338-24.pdf

A persona-based exploration of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis seeking behavior and its implication for communication strategic planning: Evidence from Thailand
J. Yamabhai, P. Cusripituck, T. Mingbualuang, et al. (2025). One Health, 20, 100980.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425000163

Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan dan Sikap terhadap Pencegahan Penyakit Rabies
T. A. Arkian and M. S. Junias. (2025). Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research, 5(1), 1284-1294.
https://j-innovative.org/index.php/Innovative/article/view/17165

Education and Rabies Vaccination for Pets in Palas Village, Rumbai Subdistrict, Pekanbaru City: Healthy Animals, Healthy People: Edukasi dan Vaksinasi Rabies pada Hewan Peliharaan di Kelurahan Palas, Kecamatan Rumbai, Kota Pekanbaru: Hewan Sehat, Masyarakat Sehat
J. Handoko, M. Fitranda, T. Suprayoga, et al. (2024). Jurnal Pengabdian Kesehatan Komunitas 4(2), 78-85.
https://jurnal.htp.ac.id/index.php/jpkk/article/view/2081

ANALISA MULTILEVEL TERHADAP KEJADIAN RABIES DI PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR TAHUN 2023 DAN 2024
M. S. Jasape and T. Y. M. Wahyono. (2025). Jurnal Review Pendidikan dan Pengajaran (JRPP), 8(1), 374-385.
https://journal.universitaspahlawan.ac.id/index.php/jrpp/article/view/40750

Pengaruh Vaksinasi Pada Anjing Terhadap Tingkat Penularan Rabies Menggunakan Pemodelan Dinamik
D. G. Ludji and F. R. Bobu. (2025). Jurnal Derivat: Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika, 12(1).
https://journal.upy.ac.id/index.php/derivat/article/view/7224

GAMBARAN RABIES DAN UPAYA PENGENDALIAN DI KABUPATEN TTS PROPINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR (NTT)
V. A. B. Mau, R. A. K. Tahun, J. L. Boboy, et al. (2024). PREPOTIF : JURNAL KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT, 8(3), 7740 – 7747.
https://journal.universitaspahlawan.ac.id/index.php/prepotif/article/view/37826

Edukasi Pencegahan Rabies Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar
H. Ndoen, A. Ole, A. Gale, et al. (2024). GOTAVA Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, 2(2), 93-98.
https://sdmce.net/gotava/index.php/jpm/article/view/22

“SEKOLAH ANTI RABIES”: EDUKASI PENGENALAN, PENCEGAHAN, DAN PENANGANAN RABIES PADA SISWA SMA DI KOTA MALANG
R. Raissa, Z. S. Mirzenti, T. Fachrunnisa, et al. (2024). Konferensi Nasional Pengabdian Masyarakat (KOPEMAS)# 5.
https://conference.unisma.ac.id/index.php/KOPEMAS/kopemas5/paper/view/4108


Diagnosis – Virology – Vaccinology

Burden of human rabies disease: its potential prevention by means of Rabipur® vaccine
D. AMICIZIA, P. L. LAI, E. MASSARO, et al. (2024). Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, 65(3), E356.
https://www.jpmh.org/index.php/jpmh/article/view/3404

Phylogenetic inferences reveal multiple intra- and interhost genetic diversity among bat rabies viruses circulating in northeastern Brazil
L. L. F. de Sousa, M. D. Guilardi, J. O. Martins, et al. (2025). One Health Outlook, 7(1), 1.
https://onehealthoutlook.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42522-024-00124-6

A case of rabies encephalitis
P. Mandadi, S. B. Gomathy, A. Das, et al. (2025). Neurological Sciences, in press.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-024-07986-8

Immunogenicity of Rabies Virus G-Protein mRNA Formulated with Muscle Targeting Lipid Nanoparticles in Mice
Q. Li, H. Bai, X. Yu, et al. (2025). BioRxiv, 2025.01.06.631441.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/01/07/2025.01.06.631441.abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides chronica associated with rabies vaccination: A case report
C. F. L. Miranda, B. B. Arcilla, L. C. Jamisola, et al. (2024). Health Sciences Journal, 13(2), 111-115.
http://wprim.whocc.org.cn/admin/article/articleDetail?WPRIMID=1063596&articleId=1098550

Toxoplasma gondii and Rabies—The Parasite, the Virus, or Both?
R. Wilson, S. Caseltine, E. Will, et al. (2025). Microorganisms, 13(1), 109.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/13/1/109

European distribution and intramuscular pathogenicity of divergent lyssaviruses West Caucasian bat virus and Lleida bat lyssavirus
S. Leopardi, L. Dacheux, J. Serra-Cobo, et al. (2025). Iscience, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224029651

Safety and immunogenicity of an optimized self-replicating RNA platform for low dose or single dose vaccine applications: a randomized, open label Phase I study in healthy volunteers
C. J. Maine, S. J. Miyake-Stoner, D. S. Spasova, et al. (2025). Nature Communications, 16(1), 456.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-55843-9

Routine childhood rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis can be cost effective in low- and middle-income countries
A. J. Ritchie, A. Meeyai, C. Trotter, et al. (2025). Vaccine, 47, 126703.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X24013859

Pityriasis lichenoides chronica associated with rabies vaccination: a case report
C. F. Miranda, B. Arcilla, L. Jamisola, et al. (2024). Health Sciences Journal, 13(2).
https://www.ejournals.ph/article.php?id=25069

Development and Validation of a qPCR Assay for Quantitative Evaluation of Residual Host Cell DNA for Rabies Vaccines Produced in Vero Cells
D. Zhao, W. Zong, W. Wu, et al. (2025). Preprints, 2025011071.
https://www.jpmh.org/index.php/jpmh/article/view/3187

Validation and multi-site deployment of a lyophilized qRT-PCR reagent for the molecular diagnosis of avian influenza and rabies in Sub-Saharan African regions
P. Drzewnioková, I. Brian, M. Mancin, et al. (2025). BioRxiv, 2025.01.16.633398.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/01/20/2025.01.16.633398.abstract

Web-Based Expert System for Diagnosing Rabies Disease
S. Meiarni. (2024). Jurnal Teknik Indonesia, 3(2), 43-48.
https://jurnal.seaninstitute.or.id/index.php/juti/article/view/627

Chapter 15 – Role of cytokines in rabies virus infection
S. P. Nalla, N. Mandal and R. Anupam. (2025). Cytokine Response Against Major Human Viral Infections, 247-257.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443152832000154

SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF A NEXT GENERATION PURIFIED VERO RABIES VACCINE AS A SIMULATED INTRADERMAL POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THAILAND: A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED STUDY
D. Chansinghakul, P. Mootsikapun, K. Limkittikul, et al. (2025). The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 56(1), 90-123.
https://journal.seameotropmednetwork.org/index.php/jtropmed/article/view/1146

Protocol for recombinant rabies virus titration by quantitative PCR
H. Zhang, X. Gao, X. Ge, et al. (2025). STAR Protocols, 6(1), 103567.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166724007329

The Influence of Dexamethasone on Apoptotic Genes Expression Changes in Rabies Virus-Infected Mouse Brain Tissue: The Influence of Dexamethasone in Rabies Virus-Infected Mouse Brain Tissue
M. Fekri, M. Fazeli, A. Rasooli, et al. (2025). Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21(1), 11-19.
https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/index.php/ijps/article/view/45713

A prospective study on safety and clinical efficacy of rabies biologicals in paediatric patients with category III animal exposure
N. Fotedar and H. S. Ravish. (2025). Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, in press.
https://www.ecevr.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.7774/cevr.2025.14.e1&code=9995CEVR&vmode=FULL

Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated vero cell-based rabies vaccine (Rabivax-S) in pre-exposure prophylaxis schedule in Vietnam
P. N. Hung, L. T. H. Giang, N. T. Anh, et al. (2025). Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, 14, e9.
https://www.ecevr.org/DOIx.php?id=10.7774/cevr.2025.14.e9#

Typing Arctic and Africa-2 clades of rabies virus using clade-defining single nucleotide polymorphisms
A. Kumar and U. Tatu. (2025). Archives of Microbiology, 207(2), 39.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00203-025-04235-0

Development of a blocking ELISA for evaluating neutralizing antibodies in human and canine serum based on rabies virus glycoprotein epitope I
H. Mo, Q. Chen, Z. Zhang, et al. (2025). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813025008244

Computational structure-based design of antiviral peptides as potential protein–protein interaction inhibitors of rabies virus phosphoprotein and human LC8
S. Rahmati, F. Zandi, K. Ahmadi, et al. (2025). Heliyon, 11(1), e41520.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024175512

MECANISMOS DE RESPUESTA INMUNOLÓGICA FRENTE AL VIRUS DE LA RABIA Y PERSPECTIVAS DE INMUNOPREVENCIÓN EN RESERVORIOS SILVESTRES
C. A. V. TACURI. (2024). Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Peru).
https://repositorio.upch.edu.pe/handle/20.500.12866/16568

Study on the Pseudo Virus-based Neutralization Assay for Rabies Virus Neutralization Antibody Test
X. Wu, D. Zhao, R. Ding, et al. (2024). Chinese Pharmaceutical Affairs, 38(2), 210-216.
https://zgys.nifdc.org.cn/EN/10.16153/j.1002-7777.2024.02.012

Cellular immune response against rabies vaccination in laboratory-bred dogs: A systematised review
H. Rathnadiwakara, S. Amarasekara, F. Cliquet, et al. (2025). Laboratory Animals, in press.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00236772241300782