Rabies an Overview

This book is unique since it provides deep insight on significant aspects that are of value to the scientists as the source of valuable information that has been archived for easy reference while being equally significant for the beginners to acquire information about the earlier studies on important aspects of the disease.
Focus of rabies control has to be on canine rabies. Thus, a chapter that delves into the significance and threats of canine rabies wherein the ground situation in various parts of the globe is discussed.
Symptoms and incubation periods have always been the discussion points in the medical and veterinary fraternity alike. The book discusses what various research workers have brought out in different species.
Diagnosis of rabies has always been the anxiety of the scientists. There have been attempts to increase the specificity and sensitivity of diagnosis of rabies. The book takes on the subject of diagnosis right from 20th century itself describing various approaches attempted for diagnosis of rabies. There is special emphasis on the approaches for antemortem diagnosis from various body secretions and excretions with a special reference to saliva and skin the two being most important candidates for attempting antemortem diagnosis. The reagents, primers, probes used by various workers have been dealt with in detail in the book for the benefit of the research workers. Study and significance of anti-rabies antibodies has been partly neglected. The book deals in detail with various approaches of qualitative and quantitative detection of anti-rabies antibodies.
Experimental study is the most scientific approach to analyze any disease. Thus, this book preserves the methodologies, observations and derivations of most of experimental studies conducted in various animals, so far.