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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

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Rabies and its Elimination Among Nursing Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata: A Cross‐Sectional Study
S. Banerjee, T. Sarkar, A. Banerjee, et al. (2024). Res. J. Med. Sci, 18, 131-136.
https://makhillpublications.co/view-single-article?doi=10.36478/makrjms.2024.12.131.136#

Integrating One Health Strategies for Rabies Control: Insights from Jackal-Mediated Human Rabies in Northeast India
J. B. Dutta, A. Ma, D. Barman, et al. (2024). Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147957124001644

Combatting rabies outbreaks in Vietnam: High time to enforce restrictions on dog meat farming, a key source of transmission
N. K. Quan and A. W. Taylor-Robinson. (2024). IJID Regions, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772707624001590

Rabies control program in Colombia: A One Health assessment
D. Restrepo-Botero, D. Soler-Tovar, J. Ruiz-Sáen, et al. (2024). Infectio, 28(4), 222-227.
https://revistainfectio.org/P_OJS/index.php/infectio/article/view/1199

NÚCLEO ACADÊMICO DE VIGILÂNCIA EM ZOONOSES: CAPACITAÇÃO E ORIENTAÇÃO DE PROFISSIONAIS SOBRE A RAIVA ANIMAL
I. M. Souza, G. Moro, L. Back, et al. (2024). Anais da Semana Universitária e Encontro de Iniciação Científica 1(1).
http://publicacoes.unifimes.edu.br/index.php/anais-semana-universitaria/article/view/4155

Awareness of the Population in the Tatarstan Republic on the Rabies Epidemiology and Prevention
S. Agliullina, G. Khasanova, R. Yakubalieva, et al. (2023). Medicina, 3, 66-75.
https://fsmj.ru/en-52415

Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding rabies and the association of sociodemographic factors among school students in Northern Sri Lanka
L. Srinekethan, A. A. Arulnesan, P. A. D. Coonghe, et al. (2024). University of Jaffna.
http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/10895

Animal rabies in Mozambique: a retrospective study with focus on dog rabies and vaccination coverage
S. BiIaide, Q. NIcolau, L. Mapaco, et al. (2024). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 95(1), 167-174.
https://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S1019-91282024000100022&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en

Collaborative Governance for Rabies Mitigation in North Central Timor Regency
H. H. Botha, Y. I. Naif and P. Minggu. (2024). Society, 12(2), 506-518.
https://societyfisipubb.id/index.php/society/article/view/720

Épidémiologie de la Rage chez l’Enfant au Maroc: Analyse des Cas Confirmés 2010-2024
A. ELOUALID, A. FAOUZI, S. NADIFIYINE, et al. (2024). 12ème Congrès Somipev-Zerouali.
https://somipev.ma/somibos/12congres/149.pdf

How The Donkey Sanctuary is supporting multi-species rabies vaccination campaigns
R. Sullivan and E. O’Hagan. (2024). The Veterinary Nurse, 15(9), 360-362.
https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/vetn.2024.0055

Social Media as an Information, Education, and Communication Tool for Rabies Prevention
J. Verma and A. Agarwal. (2024). Indian Journal of Public Health, 68(4).
https://journals.lww.com/ijph/fulltext/2024/10000/social_media_as_an_information,_education,_and.24.aspx

Dynamics of rabies disease model under Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative
M. Zainab, A. Aslam, T. Hussain, et al. (2025). Alexandria Engineering Journal, 115, 390-400.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016824015710

Analyzing diagnostic infrastructure and capacity building needs for effective rabies control strategies in selected districts of Uganda
F. Apio. (2024). Makerere University (Uganda).
http://makir.mak.ac.ug/handle/10570/14257

Bat predation by domestic cats: A neglected rabies-risk in Ecuador
E. A. Díaz, C. Sáenz and R. Zug. (2025). One Health, 20, 100958.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424002842

RAIVA: REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
G. V. F. DE GODOY and L. R. C. SERRA. (2024). CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE CAMPO LIMPO PAULISTA CURSO DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA.
https://www.unifaccamp.edu.br/repository/artigo/arquivo/17122024021517.pdf

Communication channel preference for raising rabies awareness among dog owners in Thailand: A nationwide study
W. Worrawattanatam, W. Ektasaeng, P. Pornsuksant, et al. (2025). One Health, 20, 100955.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771424002817

Classification of pet owners based on knowledge attitude and practice about rabies and its vaccination in Duc Hue, Long An province during the period 2021-2023
Đ. B. Trương, T. T. D. Nguyễn, T. M. Dương, et al. (2024). The Journal of Agriculture and Development, 23(6), 24-37.
https://jad.hcmuaf.edu.vn/index.php/jad/article/view/1122

Rabies Vaccinations at the Rural-Urban Divide: Successes and barriers to dog rabies vaccination programs from a rural and urban campaign in Zambia
R. Chazya, C. A. S. Mulenga, A. Gibson, et al. (2024). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1492418.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1492418/abstract

Designing Effective Regulations on Rabies Control in Tropical Regions: A Systematic Literature Review
D. Ni Putu Meiliana, I. N. Bagiastra and I. W. G. A. E. Putra. (2024). Journal of Law, Politic and Humanities, 5(2), 811- 824.
https://dinastires.org/JLPH/article/view/1140

Molecular Epidemiology, Evolution, and Transmission Dynamics of Raccoon Rabies Virus (RRV) in Connecticut
G. Veytsel, J. Desiato, H. Chung, et al. (2024). Virus Evolution, in press.
https://academic.oup.com/ve/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ve/veae114/7931863

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards rabies and associated factors among household heads in Welkait district, Ethiopia
T. Dubie, B. Lakew and H. Shiferaw. (2024). BMC Public Health, 24(1), 3580.
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-21130-3

PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES APPLIED IN ROMANIA TO COMBAT RABIES IN THE SYLVATIC ENVIRONMENT
E. C. IONESCU. (2024). SCIENTIFIC PAPERS VETERINARY MEDICINE, 67, 5.
https://reponivs.nivs.rs/bitstream/id/3140/vol_67_2024_2.pdf#page=5

Canine Rabies Outbreak and its Public Health Implications in Ksour Municipality, Northeastern Algeria: A Case Study
S. Nassim, B. N. Or El Houda, S. Ali, et al. (2024). Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, in press.
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_399620.html

Human anti-rabies post-exposure care in a city in Paraná-2007 to 2022: demographic factors and causality
C. C. F. A. Pereira, L. L. L. Trupel, T. D. Batista, et al. (2024). Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 14, 325-334.
https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/epidemiologia/article/view/18918

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Dog Bite and Its Management: A Cross-Sectional Study From the Rural Field Practice Area of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna
K. Amit, S. Sinha, S. K. Choudhary, et al. (2024). Cureus, 16(11), e74133.
https://www.cureus.com/articles/266943-knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-regarding-dog-bite-and-its-management-a-cross-sectional-study-from-the-rural-field-practice-area-of-indira-gandhi-institute-of-medical-sciences-igims-patna#!/

Elimination of dog-mediated human rabies: scientific tools, One Health and partnerships
L. H. Blumberg. (2024). Revue Scientifique et Technique, Special Edition, 70-73.
https://doc.woah.org/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=44445

Challenges and opportunities for the next miles in global rabies control
R. M. Wallace and T. Muller. (2024). Revue Scientifique et Technique Special Edition, 74-82.
https://doc.woah.org/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=44446

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

Understanding and overcoming geographical barriers for scaling up dog vaccinations against rabies
M. Sambo, K. Hampson, P. C. D. Johnson, et al. (2024). Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30975.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82085-4

Phylogenetic analysis and the spatial spread of arctic rabies virus in Chukotka
S. A. Chupin, A. D. Botvinkin, I. D. Zarva, et al. (2024). Acta Biologica Sibirica, 10, 1805–1817.
https://zenodo.org/records/14555704

Dog-Mediated Rabies Virus Transmission is Driven by Free-Roaming Dog Density, Haiti 2018–2023
A. J. Beron, R. Keshavamurthy, C. Boutelle, et al. (2024). Research Square, 26 Dec, 2024.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5663514/v1

Combining genomics and epidemiology to investigate a zoonotic outbreak of rabies in Romblon Province, Philippines
M. Yuson, C. T. Bautista, E. M. Rees, et al. (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1), 10753.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54255-5

Rabies Disease and Prophylaxis Knowledge Among Turkish Medical Students: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study
V. D. Pervane, P. G. Erten Bucaktepe, F. M. İnce, et al. (2024). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(1), 9.
https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/10/1/9

The effect of domestic waste accumulation on the prevalence of rabies in kirkuk city the period 2023
S. R. Hasan, Z. N. Jabbar and F. M. Junaid. (2024). Magna Scientia Advanced Biology and Pharmacy, 13(2), 75-80.
https://magnascientiapub.com/journals/msabp/sites/default/files/MSABP-2024-0074.pdf

An optimised rabies vaccination schedule for rural settlements
R. Botes, I. Fabris-Rotelli, K. Mahloromela, et al. (2025). Spatial Statistics, 65, 100877.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221167532400068X

Dog Demography and Ecology with Reference to Rabies in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia
L. Y. Adnie, W. T. Jemberu, A. B. Woreta, et al. (2024). Heliyon, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402417613X

A narrative review of the knowledge, attitudes, and health-seeking Practices to human rabies and dog-bite injuries in Nigeria
B. S. Agbajelola and V. I. Agbajelola. (2024). Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care, 36(3), 91–97.
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jcmphc/article/view/285343


Diagnosis – Virology – Vaccinology

Factors related to immunity after rabies vaccination in the dog population raised in An Giang province, Viet nam
N. P. Bang, N. T. H. Chi, N. T. B. Tran, et al. (2024). Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci, 12(12), 2549-2556.
https://researcherslinks.com/current-issues/Factors-Related-to-Immunity-after-Rabies-Vaccination-in/33/1/10205/html

Rabies virus phosphoprotein exhibits thermoresponsive phase separation with a lower critical solution temperature
F. Bouchama, K. Mubashira, C. Mas, et al. (2024). Journal of Molecular Biology, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283624005199

ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RABIES VIRUS IN BATS IN EGYPT
A. I. ABOELKHAIR, M. E. HAMDY, A. H. EL-DEEB, et al. (2024). Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, in press.
https://journals.ekb.eg/article_394787.html

Safety assessment of the world’s first novel cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies in WHO category-III animal-bite patients
A. Agarwal, A. Agarwal, A. Mohan, et al. (2024). Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 13(10).
https://journals.lww.com/jfmpc/fulltext/2024/13100/safety_assessment_of_the_world_s_first_novel.57.aspx

Development and validation of an all-in-one rabies virus Bat-Clade genomic sequencing and host identification protocol
F. M. de Souza Godinho, A. Campos, R. Huff, et al. (2024). Journal of Virological Methods, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166093424002222

A Trap-Vaccinate-Release Protocol for Immunization of Skunks and Additional Rabies Vectors Against Rabies
L. Hastings and D. L. Bergman. (2024). JoVE, (213), e65117.
https://app.jove.com/65117
Structural insight into rabies virus neutralization revealed by an engineered antibody scaffold
A. Kedari, R. Iheozor-Ejiofor, P. Salminen, et al. (2024). Structure, 32(12), 2220-2230.e4.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969212624004374

A simple Magnetic-aided microfluidic screening approach for rabies virus via rolling circle amplification
S. Kumari, M. Kumar, S. Ramesh, et al. (2024). Microchemical Journal, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X24024585

Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Vaccine Production Process in Removing Residual Host Cell DNA from the Vero Cell Rabies Vaccine
J. Li, R. Pan, F. Yue, et al. (2024). Vaccines, 12(12), 1379.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/12/1379

Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of rabies virus Philippine strain in non-brain samples
D. L. Manalo, J. K. G. Bolivar, J. G. Bondoc, et al. (2024). medRxiv, 2024.12.04.24318476.
http://medrxiv.org/content/early/2024/12/05/2024.12.04.24318476.abstract

Etude fonctionnelle et structurale de la glycoprotéine du virus de la Stomatite Vésiculaire et des Lyssavirus
M. Minoves. (2024). Université Paris-Saclay.
https://theses.fr/2024UPASL068

Integrated Community-Based Reporting and Field Diagnostics for Improved Rabies Surveillance in Rural Laikipia, Kenya
C. O. Odinga, L. F. Thomas, E. Wambugu, et al. (2024). Zoonoses and Public Health, in press.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zph.13193

Evaluation of the immune status of dogs vaccinated against rabies by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using crude preparations of insect cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus encoding the rabies virus glycoprotein gene
A. K. Santosh, D. Kumar, C. Kaur, et al. (2024). PloS One, 19(12), e0314516.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314516

Rabies Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review on Safety, Immunogenicity and Booster Recommendations
M. F. bin Sazali, N. Dulajis and P. N. Amir. (2024). Borneo Epidemiology Journal, 5(1).
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bej/article/view/5730
Pathophysiology of Rabies Encephalitis and Treatment of Rabies : A Literature Review
G. D. Ginuluh, A. S. Kamila, A. M. N. Humam, et al. (2024). Jurnal Biologi Tropis, 24(1b), 85-92.
http://jurnalfkip.unram.ac.id/index.php/JBT/article/view/7951

Activity of BatIFIT5 in different species of healthy and naturally infected with rabies virus bats
C. Mosca Barboza, J. Santos Lima, B. Ferreira Gomes, et al. (2024). Veterinaria Italiana, 60(2).
https://www.veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/3427

Rabies Virus Detection in the Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus, Ceará, Brasil
F. P. Moura, M. F. Teixeira and B. M. Teixeira. (2024). Preprints, 202412.1293.
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202412.1293/v1

High-Complexity Barcoded Rabies Virus for Scalable Circuit Mapping Using Single-Cell and Single-Nucleus Sequencing
D. Shin, M. E. Urbanek, H. H. Larson, et al. (2024). BioRxiv, 2024.10.01.616167.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2024/12/11/2024.10.01.616167.abstract

North American red fox rabies immunity gene drive for safer (sub) urban rewilding
V. Douglas. (2024). Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, e134189.
https://riojournal.com/article/134189/

Artificial neural networks for stability analysis and simulation of delayed rabies spread models
R. Shafqat and A. Alsaadi. (2024). AIMS Mathematics, 9(12), 33495-33531.
http://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/math.20241599

Dendritic pathology and overexpression of MAP2 in Purkinje cells from mice inoculated with rabies virus
A. O. Porras, M. P. Morales, G. Santamaría, et al. (2024). Journal of Molecular Histology, 56(1), 62.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10735-024-10348-5

The safety, pharmacokinetics and neutralizing activity of recombinant human anti-rabies monoclonal antibody NM57 injection (rhRIG, Ormutivimab) in combination with rabies vaccination in Chinese healthy adults: A phase Ib randomized, double-blind, parallel-controlled clinical study
Y. Yin, M. Jia, Y. Li, et al. (2024). Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893924001091

Analysis of mechanisms of the rabies virus P protein-nucleocapsid interaction using engineered N-protein peptides and potential applications in antivirals design
J. Zhan, S. Chakraborty, A. Sethi, et al. (2024). Antiviral Research, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354224002869

A nucleoside-modified rabies mRNA vaccine induces long-lasting and comprehensive immune responses in mice and non-human primates
Y. Wang, S. Wang, L. Haung, et al. (2024). Molecular Therapy, in press.
https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/molecular-therapy/abstract/S1525-0016(24)00841-4

Hypersensitivity vasculitis secondary to rabies vaccine in a 53-year-old Filipino male: A case report
C. L. A. Elio and M. D. S. Ramiscal. (2024). Journal of the Philippine Dermatological Society, 33(Suppl 1), S12.
http://wprim.whocc.org.cn/admin/article/articleDetail?WPRIMID=1063454&articleId=1098408