The Natural History of Rabies, 2nd Edition

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CRC Press, Mar 26, 1991 - Medical - 640 pages
This book provides essential worldwide reference information regarding rabies for public health officials, veterinarians, physicians, virologists, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, laboratory diagnosticians, and wildlife biologists. The book is divided into six main sections, covering topics such as the rabies virus, including antigenic and biochemical characteristics; pathogenesis, including the immune response to the infection, pathology, and latency; diagnostic techniques; rabies epidemiology in a variety of wild and domestic animals; rabies control, including vaccination of wild and domestic animals, as well as control on the international level; and finally a discussion of rabies in humans, local wound and serum treatment, and human post-exposure vaccination. Natural History of Rabies, First Edition has been the principal worldwide reference since 1975. The new Second Edition has been completely updated, providing current information on this historically deadly disease.
 

Contents

William H Wunner
32
The Rabies Virus Genome
41
Chapter 2
58
Rabies Virus Membrane
61
Overview
103
Chapter 5
121
Chapter 7
145
Chapter 8
163
Chapter 16
325
Chapter 17
341
Chapter 18
367
Chapter 20
384
Chapter 21
405
Overview
413
Chapter 23
427
Chapter 24
445

Chapter 9
180
Overview
201
Rabies Diagnosis by Animal Inoculation Identification of Negri Bodies or ELISA
203
The Fluorescent Antibody in Rabies
219
Chapter 12
229
Overview
255
Chapter 14
277
Arctic Fox Rabies
291
Chapter 15
307
Chapter 25
461
Chapter 26
477
William G Winkler
505
Chapter 29
519
Chapter 30
538
Local Wound Treatment and Passive Immunization
551
Chapter 31
571
World Health Organization Guide for Postexposure Treatment
599
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