Rabies and Rabies Vaccines

ISBN-13: 9783030210830 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 205 str.

Hildegund C. J. Ertl

Spis treści

1. Rabies Life Cycle, Transmission and Pathogenesis

2. History of Rabies and Rabies Vaccines

3. Rabies Vaccines for Wildlife 

4. Human Rabies Vaccines    

5. Rabies vaccines, Prophylactic, Peru

6. Rabies Prevention in Asia: Institutionalizing Implementation Capacities

7. Passive Immunity in Rabies Prophylaxis

8. Rabies - Little Virus Against Powerful Innate Immunity

9. Novel Rabies Vaccines

O autorze

Professor Hildegund C.J. Ertl, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, Philadelphia, PA

Blurb

This book reviews the recent advances in rabies research and rabies vaccine development. The reader is introduced to biology and pathology of the virus, causing agents and the history of rabies vaccination. The book presents regional rabies prophylaxis programs and discusses vaccination strategies for wildlife and humans. Further, innate immune response as well as antibody response to rabies are examined.

All chapters are written by renowned experts in rabies research, some of them part of the WHO Collaboration Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research.

The book targets researchers and health professionals working in Virology, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicine.