Lyssaviruses and the Fatal Encephalitic Disease Rabies
Lyssaviruses cause the disease rabies, which is a fatal encephalitic disease resulting in approximately 59,000 human deaths annually. The prototype species, rabies lyssavirus, is the most prevalent of all lyssaviruses and poses the greatest public health threat. In Africa, six confirmed and one puta...
Main Authors: | Terence Peter Scott, Louis Hendrik Nel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.786953/full |
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