Rabies in the Americas, various challenges and "One Health": Review article

• Published in: Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú
• Main Authors: Sánchez, María del Pilar, Sanmiguel, Rosa Angélica, Díaz Sanchez, Oscar Alejandro, Ramirez, Angie Alexandra, Escobar, Luis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria 2020
• Subjects: rabies virus; viral variants; bats; rabies transmission; human rabies; virus de la rabia; variantes virales; murciélagos; transmisión de la rabia; rabia humana; Arctic; Cadena; Canada; Sola
• Online Access: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/17150; https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v30i4.17150

Rabies is caused by a neurotropic virus of negative RNA chain belonging to the genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae, Mononegavirals order. The rabies-causing species in the Americas is the Lyssavirus RABV with 11 antigenic variants. Human rabies deaths have been drastically reduced in the United S...