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Hope for a rabies eradication strategy in Africa
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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Most of the rabies virus circulating in dogs in western and central Africa comes from a common ancestor introduced to the continent around 200 years ago, probably by European colonialists. In the current issue of Journal of ...
Research reveals further progress toward AIDS vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.
New rabies vaccine may require only a single shot... not six
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation may be all it takes for rabies vaccination, according to new research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at the ...
Federal advisory panel: Just 4 rabies shots needed
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A U.S. immunization advisory group has decided that people exposed to rabies need only four vaccinations, not the five currently recommended.
Scientists find rabies-based vaccine could be effective against HIV
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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Rabies, a relentless, ancient scourge, may hold a key to defeating another implacable foe: HIV. Scientists at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have used a drastically weakened rabies virus to ferry HIV-related proteins ...
First human gets new antibody aimed at rabies virus
Sep 30, 2009 |
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MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety and activity of a human monoclonal antibody (MAB) developed to neutralize the rabies ...
Jefferson researchers' discovery may change thinking on how viruses invade the brain
Apr 19, 2007 |
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A molecule thought crucial to ferrying the deadly rabies virus into the brain, where it eventually kills, apparently isn’t. The surprising finding, say researchers at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, may change ...
China sees spike in rabies cases
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies cases ...
Rabies deaths from dog bites could be eliminated
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Someone in the developing world - particularly in rural Africa - dies from a rabid dog bite every 10 minutes.
Rabies infections highlight dangers of processing dog meat
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Eating dog meat is common in many Asian countries, but research conducted as part of the South East Asian Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network has discovered a potentially lethal risk associated with preparing dog ...
Jefferson immunology researchers halt lethal rabies infection in brain
Sep 04, 2007 |
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While rabies, an ancient scourge that still kills 70,000 every year in developing countries worldwide can be combated with a series of vaccines today, it nearly is always fatal when it reaches the brain.
Rabies 'barrier' to save rare wolf
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Oxford University and Ethiopian conservationists are battling to save the world’s rarest wolf from a rabies outbreak by creating a ‘barrier’ of vaccinated wolf packs.
Landmark study details demographic, ecological and genetic spread of rabies in raccoon outbreak
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May 17, 2007 |
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Analyzing 30 years of data detailing a large rabies virus outbreak among North American raccoons, researchers at Emory University have revealed how initial demographic, ecological and genetic processes simultaneously shaped ...
A simplified method of giving rabies vaccine
Apr 23, 2008 |
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A simplified economical method of giving rabies vaccine is just as effective as the expensive standard vaccine regimen at stimulating anti-rabies antibodies.
Cracking a virus protection shield
Jun 16, 2006 |
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Ebola, measles and rabies are serious threats to public health in developing countries. Despite different symptoms all of the diseases are caused by the same class of viruses that unlike most other living beings carry their ...
