Despite decades of medical advancement and the availability of effective vaccines, rabies continues to be a major public ...

NSW Health recommends washing the area thoroughly with soap and water for 15 minutes, then applying an antiseptic with ...

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

The Chandipura virus (CHPV) is endemic in central India and symptoms include high fever and seizures. The infection also induces encephalitis.

Favipiravir offers hope against the Chandipura virus. Studies by the National Institute of Virology show promising results. The drug reduces viral load in infected animals. Chandipura outbreaks have ...

The victim had no idea the cow was infected with rabies when she drank the milk. She began showing symptoms shortly after, but her family was initially unaware of what the cause of her distressing ...

A case of rabies was confirmed Friday after a dead bat was found in Polk County, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. It’s the county’s sixth case of 2024.

While there are well over a hundred million of virus species, all are strictly dependent on their host individuals/cells for the replication, transmission, and persistence under given circumstances.

Rabies is a rare disease in humans caused by a lyssavirus of the Rhabdoviridae family. The rabies virus is most commonly transmitted to humans in the saliva from an infected mammal. It is highly ...

WHO warns of largest Chandipura virus outbreak in India in 20 years, urging enhanced surveillance and care for affected individuals.