RABIES: SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS AND RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN MEASURES FOR ITS CONTROL
Authors: P. W. C.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Editorial1 February 1951RABIES: SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS AND RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN MEASURES FOR ITS CONTROLP. W. C.P. W. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-2-517 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough the epidemiology of rabies has been intensively studied and the measures necessary for its control have been reasonably well understood for many years, the disease continues to be a major problem from the standpoint of public health. During the past 16 years there has, in fact, been an increase in its occurrence in animals in many parts of this country which has been described as alarming.1The number of reported cases of the disease in man has not changed materially, ranging usually from 30 to 50 a year.2This low incidence, however, may be attributable, in part at least,...1 SteeleTierkel JHES: Rabies problems and control. A nation-wide problem, Pub. Health Rep. 64: 785-796, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2 Control of rabies. Report by the Committee on Public Health Relations of the New York Academy of Medicine, Pub. Health Rep. 62: 1215-1237, 1947. Google Scholar3 Rabies and its control. Report of Subcommittee of Committee on Animal Health, National Research Council, J. Am. Vet. M. A. 108: 293, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar4 KornsZeissig RFA: Dog, fox and cattle rabies in New York State, Am. J. Pub. Health 38: 50-65, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 Pawan JL: Transmission of paralytic rabies in Trinidad by vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus murinus Wagner 1840), Ann. Trop. Med. 30: 101-130, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 Johnson HN: Derriengue: Vampire bat rabies in Mexico, Am. J. Hyg. 47: 189-204, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar7 Webster LT: A mouse test for measuring the immunizing potency of antirabies vaccine, J. Exper. Med. 70: 87-106, 1939. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8 Habel K: Evaluation of a mouse test for the standardization of the immunizing power of antirabies vaccine, Pub. Health Rep. 55: 1473-1487, 1940. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9 McKendrick AG: Statistics on rabies. A ninth analytical review of reports from Pasteur Institutes on the results of anti-rabies treatment, Bull. Health Organ., League of Nations 9: 31-78, 1940-1941. Google Scholar10 Levinson SO: A new method for the production of potent irradiated vaccines with ultraviolet radiation, J. Immunol. 50: 317-329, 1945. Google Scholar11 Remlinger , 1928, quoted by Bassoe, P., and Grinker, R. R.: Human rabies and rabies vaccine encephalitis, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 23: 1138-1160, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 Sellers TP: Limitations of antirabic treatment, J. M. A. Georgia 35: 132-133, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar13 RiversSchwentker TMFF: Encephalitis accompanied by myelin destruction experimentally produced in monkeys, J. Exper. Med. 61: 689-702, 1935. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14 Kabat EA: Rapid production of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in rhesus monkeys by injection of heterologous and homologous brain tissue with adjuvants, J. Exper. Med. 85: 117-130, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15 BellWrightHabel JFJTK: Rabies vaccine freed of the factor causing allergic encephalitis, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 70: 457-461, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16 KirkEcker ACEE: Time of appearance of antibodies to brain tissue in the human receiving antirabies vaccine, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 70: 754-757, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 Horack HM: Allergy as factor in development of reactions to antirabic treatment, Am. J. M. Sc. 197: 672-682, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 Veeraraghaven N: Cultivation of rabies virus in vitro, Nature 159: 782, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19 Koprowski H: Experimental studies on rabies vaccine, Canadian J. Pub. Health 40: 60-67, 1947. Google Scholar20 Chen-JenZia CSH: Studies on fixed virus propagated in the brain of the guinea pig fetus, J. Immunol. 60: 17-21, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute poliomyelitis 1 February 1951Volume 34, Issue 2Page: 517-523KeywordsEpidemiologyPrevention, policy, and public healthRabies ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...