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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Rabies"
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes an estimated 60,000 preventable human fatalities in rabies affected countries every year. While very few countries have eliminated terrestrial rabies, the burden is the highest ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-02-21)Duvenhage virus (DUVV) belongs to genotype (gt) 4 of the lyssavirus genus, in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. This virus causes fatal rabies encephalitis and has only been reported from the African continent. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-02-16)Lagos bat virus (LBV) belongs to genotype (gt) 2 of the lyssavirus genus in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. This virus causes fatal rabies encephalitis in vertebrate animals and has only been reported from ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-02-19)The domestic dog is the principal reservoir of rabies in Nigeria and the source of infection for over 99% of human cases that have been documented. The first recorded cases of human and dog rabies were in 1912 and 1928 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-27)In South Africa, two biotypes of type species 1 of the Lyssavirus genus are maintained independently among the members of the Herpestidae and Canidae families, respectively. Canid rabies is a relatively new addition to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-08)Rabies is a fatal and neglected viral disease representing one of the major public and veterinary health concerns in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The prototype causative agent (Rabies lyssavirus (RABV)) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Rabies causes fatal encephalitis in all warm-blooded animals, including humans. It is thought to have entered southern Africa in 1892 with a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) from England; however, rabies was most ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)The aim of the study was to assess the risk rabies constitutes to the public in Plateau State. Despite the existence of regulations on antirabies vaccination, dog movement and population control (WHO, 1997; WHO, 2004), ...
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