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Rabies and Rabies Vaccines

  • Provides an overview on the latest advances in rabies research and vaccine development

  • Discusses regional rabies prophylaxis programs and vaccination strategies for wildlife and humans

  • Presents an outlook on novel rabies vaccines

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Rabies Life Cycle, Transmission and Pathogenesis

    • Ashley C. Banyard, Anthony R. Fooks
    Pages 1-10
  3. History of Rabies and Rabies Vaccines

    • Thirumeni Nagarajan, Charles E. Rupprecht
    Pages 11-43
  4. Rabies Vaccines for Wildlife

    • T. Müller, C. M. Freuling
    Pages 45-70
  5. Human Rabies Vaccines

    • Deborah J. Briggs, Thiravat Hemachudha
    Pages 71-82
  6. Rabies Prevention in Asia: Institutionalizing Implementation Capacities

    • Mary Elizabeth G. Miranda, Noel Lee J. Miranda
    Pages 103-116
  7. Passive Immunity in Rabies Prophylaxis

    • Charles E. Rupprecht, Mary L. Yager, Richard H. Newhouse
    Pages 117-139
  8. Rabies Little Virus Against Powerful Innate Immunity

    • Benjamin Mallory Davis, Matthias Johannes Schnell
    Pages 141-154
  9. Novel Rabies Vaccines

    • Hildegund C. J. Ertl
    Pages 155-180
  10. Assessing the Potency of Inactivated Veterinary Vaccines and Oral Live Vaccines Against Rabies

    • Alexandre Servat, Florence Cliquet, Marine Wasniewski
    Pages 181-193
  11. WHO Perspective on Rabies

    • B. Abela-Ridder, J. A. Kessels, L. Knopf
    Pages 195-205

About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Vaccine Center, The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center, Philadelphia, USA

    Hildegund C.J. Ertl

About the editor

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rabies and Rabies Vaccines

  • Editors: Hildegund C.J. Ertl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21084-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21083-0Published: 05 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21086-1Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21084-7Published: 04 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 205

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Vaccine, Virology, Immunology

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eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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