| 书目名称 | Rabies in Man and Animals |
| 编辑 | Sudhi Ranjan Garg |
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| 概述 | Presents comprehensive information about rabies and its prevention.It successfully bridges the gap between the mysticism and ignorance that surrounds rabies and the hard fact that it is one of the mos |
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| 描述 | Rabies is the deadliest zoonotic disease that threatens humans and animals on all continents except Antarctica. Asia and Africa are worst affected as more than 95 per cent of rabies associated human deaths occur in these regions. India alone bears about 36 per cent of the global human rabies burden. Dogs are the main transmitters of rabies that potentially threaten over 3 billion people in Asia and Africa. Many developed nations have been able to successfully control dog rabies but continue to face the risk from wildlife including bats. Bat rabies is responsible for most human rabies deaths in the United States of America and Canada but has emerged as a public health threat in Australia, Latin America and Western Europe as well. Despite being vaccine preventable, rabies continues to haunt the mankind. Poor resources is a major constraint but the factors like low priority attributed to rabies, misconceptions in the community about the disease and unsystematic approach for its preventionand control are also responsible for the grim situation. Targets have been set for elimination of human and dog rabies in all Latin American countries by 2015 and of human rabies transmitted by dogs i |
| 出版日期 | Book 2014 |
| 关键词 | Animal bite; Dog bite; Hydrophobia; Lyssavirus; antibacterial drug resistance |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1605-6 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-81-322-2918-6 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-81-322-1605-6 |
| copyright | Springer India 2014 |
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