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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

Demographics of free-roaming dogs in Guwahati, India: Assessing population characteristics and comparing population size estimation methods.
Cunha Silva, L., Mohanty, P., Zahri, R., et al. (2026). Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 248, 106773.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587725003587
 
Challenges and potential opportunities for improving One Health surveillance in low-resource settings: Insights from rabies surveillance in Malawi.
Mastala, P. I., Kalonde, P. K., Chikhola, E., et al. (2026). One Health Outlook, in press
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42522-025-00193-1
 
Management of rabies endemicity in a Tunisian hospital pharmacy department.
Meftah, M., Chelly, F., Ben Hammamia, R., et al. (2026). American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, in press
https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajhp/zxag002/8418351
 
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF RABIES.
Ulug‘bek Azamjonovich, A. (2026). London International Monthly Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation, 3(2), 59-61.
https://worldsiencepub.com/index.php/lmc/article/view/3641
 
Healthcare accessibility to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in rural Kenya: Implications for vaccine placement and travel time.
Mutunga, L. M., Nyamai, M., Mazeri, S., et al. (2026). Frontiers in Microbiology, 17, 1703736.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1703736/abstract
 
Integrated Bite Case Management within a One Health Framework for Rabies Elimination at the Primary Care Level in Kerala, India: An Implementation Research Protocol Using a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Design.
Nujum, Z. T., Luka, M., Raghunathan, D., et al. (2026). medRxiv, 2026.01.08.26343709.
http://medrxiv.org/content/early/2026/01/13/2026.01.08.26343709.abstract
 
PREVALENCE OF RABIES AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG SUSPECTED CASES VISITING NIGISTELLENI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, HOSSANA, ETHIOPIA.
SELAMU, A. (2025). ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY (ETHIOPIA),
https://ir.amu.edu.et/xmlui/handle/123456789/2447
 
Integrated assessment of rabies vaccination coverage and behavioral classification of pet owners using knowledge, attitude, and practice-based multivariate analytics in Duc Hue District, Vietnam (2024).
Tran, L. P. B., Truong, B. D., Nguyen, D. T. K., et al. (2025). Veterinary World, 18(35)
https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.18/December-2025/35.php
 
Rabies in Tunisia: a 30-year retrospective study (1994–2023).
Kalthoum, S., Handous, M., Kharmachi, H., et al. (2026). Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 6
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/tropical-diseases/articles/10.3389/fitd.2025.1694742
 
Imported Human Rabies—Kentucky and Ohio, 2024.
Barger, A., Margrey, S. F., Siu, A. W., et al. (2026). MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 75(2), 23-27.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7502a3.htm
 
An epidemic model for bovine rabies transmission by bats with spatial diffusion.
Carvalho dos Santos, J. P., Monteiro, E., Teixeira Lemes, N. H., et al. (2026). Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 91, 104603.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1468121826000039
 
Analysis of Rabies Epidemiological Characteristics and Failed Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Cases—Hunan Province, China, 2019–2024.
Chen, S., Yang, H., Deng, Z., et al. (2026). China CDC Weekly, 8(3), 58-63.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2026.010?viewType=HTML
 
Human Rabies Deaths—Minnesota and California, 2024.
Ireland, M., Fritz, C. L., Holzbauer, S., et al. (2026). MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 75(2), 28-31.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7502a4.htm
 
Wild and Domestic Animal Exposure among Deceased Persons Referred for Organ Procurement, United States.
McCormick, D., Lynch, R., Doby, B., et al. (2025). Emerging Infectious Disease journal, 31(12), 2344.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/12/25-1486_article
 
Rabies, A Deadly Disease in Dogs: Its Diagnosis and Prevention.
Meher, S., Meher, P. and Vinay, C. R. (2025). Bio Vet Innovator Magazine, 2(11), 16-22.
https://biovetinnovator.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/11.-BVI-November-Issue-16-22.pdf
 
Exploring the dynamics of rabies epidemic model using Caputo-Fabrizio derivative under treatment and vaccination.
Naik, P. A., Murthy, B. S. N., Srinivas, M. N., et al. (2026). Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, in press
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10255842.2026.2613116
 
Integrated Bite Case Management within a One Health Framework for Rabies Elimination at the Primary Care Level in Kerala, India: An Implementation Research Protocol Using a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Design.
Nujum, Z. T., Luka, M., Raghunathan, D., et al. (2026). medRxiv, 2026.01.08.26343709.
http://medrxiv.org/content/early/2026/01/13/2026.01.08.26343709.abstract
 
Human-to-Human Rabies Transmission via Solid Organ Transplantation from a Donor with Undiagnosed Rabies — United States, October 2024–February 2025.
Pereira, M. R. (2026). American Journal of Transplantation, in press
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S160061352600002X
 
ORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION AND INCIDENCE OF HUMAN RABIES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE FROM 2013 TO 2023.
Yannick, K., Clemence, K., Carine, O., et al. (2026). Journal of Virus Eradication, in press
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664026000026
 
Prevention and response to rabies incursions in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Yuson, M. (2026). University of Glasgow,
https://theses.gla.ac.uk/85685/


Diagnosis – Virology – Vaccinology

Assessment of cost factors related to post-exposure treatment of animal bite cases: a cross-sectional study conducted in the anti-rabies clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Ganjam, Odisha.
Dash, A., Bisoyi, S. K., Panda, J. N., et al. (2026). Discover Public Health, 23(1), 14.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-025-01334-7
 
Serological Assays to Measure Rabies Antibody Response in Equine Serum Samples.
Beniwal, N., Lal, B., Mithina, S., et al. (2026). Viruses, 18(1), 108.
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18/1/108
 
Differences in codon usage between host-species-specific rabies virus clades are driven by UpA and purine content.
Durrant, R., Dushoff, J., Arnold, M., et al. (2026). BioRxiv, 2026.01.12.699068.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2026/01/12/2026.01.12.699068.abstract
 
222. Rabies Vaccination to Assess Vaccine Responsiveness after B Cell Targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cell Therapies: The RAVCAR Study.
Flaherty, P. W., Jatt, L., Krantz, E. M., et al. (2026). Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(Supplement_1)
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/13/Supplement_1/ofaf695.080/8420063
 
Reply to Willoughby on Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies.
Jackson, A. C. and Hemachudha, T. (2025). Clinical Infectious Diseases, in press
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaf734/8407839
 
A fractal-fractional model for brain disorders associated with rabies infection dynamical transmission and modeling.
Nisar, K. S. and Farman, M. (2026). Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 32(1), 2612188.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13873954.2025.2612188
 
Human safety of SPBN GASGAS for oral rabies vaccination of dogs.
Yale, G., Freuling, C., Gibson, A., et al. (2026). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 20(1), e0013866.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0013866
 
Genetics of Rabies: Virus Evolution and Host Interaction.
B., K., Ranjith, G. and Yogashmita, B. (2025). Bio Vet Innovator Magazine, 2(11), 1-4.
https://biovetinnovator.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/11.-BVI-November-Issue-01-04.pdf
 
Antigenic landscape of rabies and related lyssaviruses revealed by cryo-EM.
Callaway, H. M., Zyla, D. S., Hastie, K. M., et al. (2026). BioRxiv, 2026.01.14.699513.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2026/01/14/2026.01.14.699513.abstract
 
Diagnosis of Paralytic Rabies by Metagenomics Next-Generation Sequencing: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Cao, L., Wang, X., Zhou, Y., et al. (2026). Veterinary Medicine and Science, 12(1), e70748.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vms3.70748
 
P-1514. ID vs ED: Rabies Vaccine Cost, Time, and Completion Comparison.
Counce, T., Manthey, R., El-Chebib, H., et al. (2026). Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13(Supplement_1)
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/13/Supplement_1/ofaf695.1698/8421671
 
Revealing the complexity of vampire bat rabies “spillover transmission”.
Escobar, L. E., Velasco-Villa, A., Satheshkumar, P. S., et al. (2023). Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 12(1), 10.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-023-01062-7
 
Validation of the Rapid Fluorescent Focus Inhibition Test for Rabies Virus Neutralizing Antibodies—China, 2025.
Fang, Z., Tao, X., Liu, S., et al. (2026). China CDC Weekly, 8(3), 64-70.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2026.011
 
Spatial organization of mAbs in complex with the virus glycoprotein determines the success of intravenous rabies therapy.
Kim, S., Coleon, A., Larrous, F., et al. (2026). BioRxiv, 2026.01.13.699195.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2026/01/13/2026.01.13.699195.abstract
 
Nucleolar targeting of lyssavirus P-protein is isoform- and phylogroup-specific.
Moseley, G. W., Zhang, Y., David, C. T., et al. (2026). Journal of General Virology, 107(1)
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.002214
 
The role of nanotechnology and integrating vaccination strategies for controlling rabies epidemic: a case study of China.
Ozair, M., Hussain, T., Aslam, A., et al. (2026). Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, 15(1), 37.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13721-025-00716-w
 
Factors Associated with Rabies Antibody Titers in Dogs in Mapanget District, Manado City.
Rosalin Hutasoit, D., Johnson Kepel, B. and Iren Christy Manoppo, J. (2026). International Journal of Health and Pharmaceutical (IJHP), 6(1), 80-84.
https://ijhp.net/index.php/IJHP/article/view/522
 
Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in children: adherence to national guidelines in a country at ongoing risk.
Sahin, A. and Karadag-Oncel, E. (2026). BMC Public Health, in press
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-026-26262-2