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Animal and human rabies

Analysis of predictors of rabies-positive biting animals in Cambodia using spatio-temporal Bayesian regression modelling
J. N. Baron, Y. S. Peng, B. Martínez-López, et al. (2025). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(9), e0013478.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0013478

First Report of Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Infected with Bat-Associated rabies Virus (Desmodus rotundus rabies virus) in Costa Rica
J. Estrella-Morales, J. C. Alvarado-Fernández, C. Salas, et al. (2025). Zoonoses, 5(1), 965.
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/ZOONOSES-2025-0001

From Playmate to Peril: Safeguarding Children from Rabies
V. Khalatkar. (2025). Indian Pediatrics, in press.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13312-025-00184-5

Rabies Surveillance and Dog Population Management: Insights from a Survey of Roaming Dogs in Qatar 2024
E. Elawad, M. Atta, M. Agied, et al. (2025). Research Square, 02 Sep, 2025.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7013999/v1

RABIES OUTBREAK IN A NOMADIC COMMUNITY IN RINGIMAWA VILLAGE, KANO STATE, NIGERIA: A CASE REPORT
S. M. Habibu, A. H. Bakari, A. U. Nagoma, et al. (2025). FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES, 9(9), 94-99.
https://fjs.fudutsinma.edu.ng/index.php/fjs/article/view/3745

Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases in Neglected Domestic Animals Through a One Health Approach: Example of Using Synergies Between Guinea Worm Eradication and Rabies Elimination Efforts
N. B. N. Richard, M. F. Abakar, A. Fatima, et al. (2025). One Health Cases, in press.
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/onehealthcases.2025.0014

Rabies elimination in the WHO African Region
J. Zinsstag, Y. Alimi, T. C. Mettenleiter, et al. (2025). Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 103(9), 519.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12399994/

Rabies A Preventable yet Deadly Disease
R. M. Abdullah, H. M. Mudasir, F. Muhammad, et al. (2025). Pathways of Infection: Zoonoses and Environmental Disease Transmission, 145-151.
https://uniquescientificpublishers.com/pdf-files/HH/Pathways-of-Infection/145-151.pdf

INCIDENCE OF DOG BITE INJURIES AND CLINICAL RABIES IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE-AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
V. Appavu, D. Parthasarathi, S. Radhakrishnan, et al. (2025). International Journal of Academic Medicine and Pharmacy, 7(4), 1406-1410.
https://academicmed.org/Uploads/Volume7Issue4/267.%205728.%20JAMP_Ali_1406-1410.pdf

Human rabies exposure and associated risk factors in North-West Ethiopia
W. W. Azalu, S. A. Mekonnen, A. Kenubih, et al. (2025). Public Health in Practice, 10, 100651.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535225000709

Resurgence of Multistate Rabies Amidst Ongoing Conflict in Sudan: Strengthening a One Health Response
A. Azhary, N. M. Hajhamed, C. M. Muvunyi, et al. (2025). IJID One Health, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949915125000332

A Mad Dog Disorder: Rabies and its Epidemiology, Prevention and Control
S. Aziz, A. T. Zaidalkilani, A. L. Ammar, et al. (2025). Pathways of Infection: Zoonoses and Environmental Disease Transmission, 138-144.
https://uniquescientificpublishers.com/pdf-files/HH/Pathways-of-Infection/138-144.pdf

Spatiotemporal analysis of dog-mediated rabies in Zambia: A retrospective study, 2013–2022
H. Banda, A. Hamukale, C. Makungu, et al. (2025). Epidemiology and Public Health, 8(3), 58.
https://afenet-journal.org/spatiotemporal-analysis-of-dog-mediated-rabies-in-zambia-a-retrospective-study-2013-2022/

Rabies Surveillance in Mainland Tanzania: A Scoping Review of Animal Rabies Occurrences (1993–2023)
E. K. Bunuma, J. Keyyu, J. Maziku, et al. (2025). Pathogens, 14(9), 919.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/9/919

Dog-Mediated Rabies Exposure to Humans in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
M. G. Dessie, Y. Gessesse, D. Salew, et al. (2025). Ethiopian Journal of Translational Sciences, 2(2), 45-56.
https://ejts.aphi.gov.et/index.php/ejts/article/view/23

Comparing vaccination coverage and dog population demographics among four pilot dog rabies vaccination strategies in Uganda
A. Dickson, T. Odoch, K. A. Mary, et al. (2025). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1656563.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1656563/abstract

Co-circulation of two rabies virus clades among domestic and wildlife species in Zimbabwe
L. Gwenhure Fadzai, V. Chidoti, A. Loisier, et al. (2025). Epidemiology at the Edge: Tackling Disease Threats at Southern Africa’s Interfaces, 46 p.
https://agritrop.cirad.fr/614715/

Epidemiological Patterns of Animal Bites in Babol City, Northern Iran (2015 -2022)
S.-Z. Hosseini-Larijani, M. Karami, M.-R. Adel-Mashhadsari, et al. (2025). Archives of Iranian Medicine, 28(8), 452-460.
https://journalaim.com/Article/aim-34613

Child-centered rabies prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral determinants and intervention effectiveness (2015–2024)
N. Janeaim, U. Intarakamhang and C. Suwanwong. (2025). International Journal of One Health, 11(2), 211-224.
https://onehealthjournal.org/Vol.11/No.2/3.php

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Home Range and Oral Rabies Vaccine Bait Distribution in West Virginia, USA
S. R. Johnson, A. Yang, K. M. Pepin, et al. (2025). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in press.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/doi/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00216/507903/Striped-Skunk-Mephitis-mephitis-Home-Range-and

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Home Range and Oral Rabies Vaccine Bait Distribution in West Virginia, USA
S. R. Johnson, A. Yang, K. M. Pepin, et al. (2025). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in press.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/doi/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00216/507903/Striped-Skunk-Mephitis-mephitis-Home-Range-and

Rabies outbreak response plans unchecked
J. Loeb. (2025). Veterinary Record, 197(6), 228-228.
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vetr.5985

The rapidly emerging public health threat of rabies in Timor-Leste, 2024–2025
F. d. N. Machado, J. B. d. C. Jong, F. P. Gonzaga, et al. (2025). Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 16(3).
https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/1332

Policy recommendations for managing stray dogs in Morocco
Z. Mahdi, H. El Bouri, F. Charif, et al. (2025). East Mediterr. Health J., 31(8), 509-515.
https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.8.509

Retrospective Studies on Suspected Rabies Cases in Humans and Domestic Animals, and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Communities toward the Disease in Sekoru District of Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
U. Mifta, W. Tafase and M. Abdurahaman. (2025). Jimma University (Ethiopia).
https://repository.ju.edu.et/handle/123456789/9670?show=full

Vampire Bats and Wild Boars in Northern Paraná: One Health Perspectives on a Novel Report
J. G. F. d. Nascimento, J. A. d. B. Silva, F. H. Otomura, et al. (2025). Scientifica, 2025(1), 8861696.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1155/sci5/8861696

Seven Decades of Seminal Contributions on Rabies in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases
C. E. Rupprecht. (2025). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in press.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/doi/10.7589/JWD-D-25-00108/507901/Seven-Decades-of-Seminal-Contributions-on-Rabies

Community Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Rabies and Retrospective Study on the Disease in Boloso Sore District, Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Z. Teferi, M. Addis and W. Tafese. (2025). Jimma University (Ethiopia).
https://repository.ju.edu.et//handle/123456789/9616

Analyse du risque de rage chez les animaux terrestres au Québec : Risque du secteur géographique
M. E. Turcotte, A. Irace-Cima, L. Lambert, et al. (2025). INSPQ, 75 p.
https://www.inspq.qc.ca/publications/3729

Breaking the under-reporting cycle for zoonotic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries through national-level integration of community-based surveillance and response: insights from Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali
K. E. L. Worsley-Tonks, M. F. Abakar, Z. Coulibaly, et al. (2025). The Lancet Infectious Diseases, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309925004219

Routine health information system and health facility data for neglected tropical diseases: Rabies
(2025). World Health Organization, 32 p.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240107304

Dog-Mediated Rabies Exposure to Humans in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
G. D. Asres, Y. K. Gessesse, D. Salew, et al. (2025). Ethiopian Journal of Translational Sciences, 2(2), 45-56.
https://ejts.aphi.gov.et/index.php/ejts/article/view/23

Strengthening intersectoral cooperation for control and integrated surveillance of rabies in Uganda: A multistakeholder engagement workshop
R. Ghimire, S. G. Okech, A. S. Fahrion, et al. (2025). One Health, 21, 101206.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425002423

Local wound care and circumstances of animal bite reported by attendees of a rabies vaccination clinic in Kolkata
S. K. Ghosh and T. G. Ray. (2025). Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 14(8).
https://journals.lww.com/jfmpc/fulltext/2025/08000/local_wound_care_and_circumstances_of_animal_bite.30.aspx

Revisión bibliográfica de la situación actual de rabia en Europa
C. Gómez Hoyas. (2025). Universidad de Cantabria, 26 p.
https://repositorio.unican.es/xmlui/handle/10902/37377

MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF RABIES TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS WITH VACCINATION
M. Isiyaku, M. Abdullahi, A. Husseini, et al. (2025). FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES, 9(9), 317-326.
https://fjs.fudutsinma.edu.ng/index.php/fjs/article/view/3733

Landscape-scale analysis of raccoon rabies surveillance reveals different drivers of disease dynamics across latitude
M. Michalska-Smith, M. E. Craft, A. J. Davis, et al. (2025). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(9), e0013581.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0013581

Factors associated with perceived barriers to canine rabies vaccination among owners of unvaccinated dogs in Sierra Leone
P. P. Mshelbwala, J. Scott Weese, O. Adegboye, et al. (2026). Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 246, 106698.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167587725002831

Vampire Bats and Wild Boars in Northern Paraná: One Health Perspectives on a Novel Report
J. G. F. d. Nascimento, J. A. d. B. Silva, F. H. Otomura, et al. (2025). Scientifica, 2025(1), 8861696.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1155/sci5/8861696

Strategies for Prevention and Control of Rabies Virus Infection in Developing World
M. R. Riaz, K. Ullah, M. Rashid, et al. (2025). Pak-Euro Journal of Medical and Life Sciences, 8(3), 557-568.
https://readersinsight.net/PJMLS/article/view/3377

Surveillance and Analysis of Animal Rabies—China, 2004–2024
S. Sun, J. Ma, Y. Xu, et al. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1235-1240.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.208?viewType=HTML

Drivers of rabies virus spillover risk from vampire bats to livestock in Colombia
P. Van de Vuurst, C. Rist, T. Medina-Rodriguez, et al. (2025). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(9), e0013508.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0013508

Let’s Act Now to Make Rabies History
W. Yin. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1233-1234.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.207?viewType=HTML

Evaluasi Kebijakan Vaksinasi Rabies dalam Upaya Pencegahan Penularan oleh Hewan Penular Rabies melalui Pusat Kesehatan Hewan Kota Batu, jawa Timur
S. Arsyad, D. C. Larasati and N. Fithriana. (2025). Indonesian Social Science Review, 3(2), 91-100.
https://journal.lenvari.org/issr/article/view/146

Diagnosis – Virology – Vaccinology

FIRST ISOLATION AND SEQUENCING OF RABIES VIRUS DETECTED IN A RED FOX IN ALBANIA
L. Lufo, E. Picard-Meyer, E. Robardet, et al. (2025). Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 28(3), 468-481.
http://tru.uni-sz.bg/bjvm/BJVM-September%202025%20p.468-481.pdf

PREVALENCE AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ANATOMICAL SITE ERRORS IN ANTI-RABIES VACCINE ADMINISTRATION AMONG NURSES AT SAIDU TEACHING HOSPITAL SWAT
W. Ahmad, K. Ullah, I. Ahmad, et al. (2025). The Research of Medical Science Review, 3(8).
http://www.medscireview.net/index.php/Journal/article/view/2009

Assessment of the anti-rabies campaign in Valenzuela City: Basis for policy improvement
H. N. Baguna, K. F. B. San Antonio, M. A. G. Culo, et al. (2025). Pantao, 4(2).
https://pantaojournal.com/2025/06/13/v4-i2-158/

Validation and evaluation of the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT) for the quantification of neutralizing antibodies as an indirect measure of rabies vaccine relative potency: An alternative to the NIH test
S. S. Tibavija, M. P. Almario, V. Jaramillo, et al. (2025). Vaccine, 64, 127724.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X25010217

Immunogenicity of Three-session Intradermal Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis in Indian Children and Adolescents
A. Agarwal, S. Rana, S. B. Mathur, et al. (2025). The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, in press.
https://journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltext/9900/immunogenicity_of_three_session_intradermal_rabies.1458.aspx

Ten-Year Study on Bovine Paralytic Rabies in Northwestern Argentina (2014-2024): Clinical, Epidemiological, and Pathological Insights
G. N. Copa, J. P. Diaz, M. L. Andrade, et al. (2025). Research Square, 22 Sep, 2025.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7520441/v1

Determinants of rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis vaccination willingness among pet hospital staff in Guiyang, China: a cross-sectional study
Y. Deng, J. Ding, Y. Hu, et al. (2025). Research Square, 22 Sep, 2025.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6625650/v1

Assessing rabies post-exposure prophylaxis usage and dog bite cases at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
N. John Paul. (2025). Makerere University (Uganda).
https://dissertations.mak.ac.ug/handle/20.500.12281/20676

Immunogenicity and Antigenicity of the Recombinant Ectodomain of Rabies Virus Glycoprotein Containing the Human Collagen XVIII Trimerization Domain
I. Smekenov, G. Bayandy, S. Alybayev, et al. (2025). Vaccines, 13(9), 971.
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/9/971

Dynamic study to evaluate post exposure prophylaxis against rabies in canines
M. Sowmiya, M. Asokkumar, S. Ratnaprabha, et al. (2025). International Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, 10(9), 177-179.
https://www.veterinarypaper.com/special-issue/2025/10/9/10-9-21

A novel label-free electrochemical immunosensor based on AgNPs@Co(II)MOFs@PtNPs composite for the detection of rabies virus antibodies
M. Shi, Y. Weng, S. Wu, et al. (2025). Microchemical Journal, 218, 115417.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X25027651

Immunogenicity of the abbreviated one-week intradermal rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis and its boostability in health-care workers: A retrospective observational cohort study
M. A. Ashwini, S. Gupta, L. Lodha, et al. (2025). Vaccine, 65, 127787.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X25010849

Laboratory diagnosis of rabies in an endemic country: Progress and challenges on the path to elimination
M. A. Ashwini, L. Lodha, A. Ramachandran, et al. (2025). Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, in press.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732889325004456

The Clinical Advantages of Anti-Rabies Monoclonal Antibodies in Post-Exposure Prophylaxis—Worldwide, 2016–2025
Q. Chen, W. Yin, Z. Zhu, et al. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1258-1262.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.212?viewType=HTML

Active Surveillance on Safety and Compliance of Freeze-dried Human Rabies Vaccine (Vero Cell)—Jiangsu Province, China, 2023–2024
Y. Chen, M. Wei, X. Xu, et al. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1246-1250.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.210

Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Rabies in Animals in the Middle Belt of Nigeria: A 5-Year Retrospective Study
L. Konzing, J. A. Davou, I. S. Tekki, et al. (2025). Nigerian Veterinary Journal, 46, 2.
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/nvj/article/view/302761

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Unmasks Atypical Rabies—Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, 2024
H. Li, J. Wei, S. Zhou, et al. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1251-1257.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.211?viewType=HTML

Efficacy Evaluation of Virus Clearance of SYN023 in A Murine Rabies Model—China, 2025
Y. Ma, Z. Fang, X. Tao, et al. (2025). China CDC Weekly, 7(39), 1241-1245.
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2025.209?viewType=HTML

A novel single-vector featuring bidirectional promoters for production of bispecific antibody against rabies virus
Z. Zhang, J. Li, G. Lin, et al. (2025). BMC Biotechnology, 25(1), 106.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12896-025-01036-7