Human rabies associated with domestic cat exposures in South Africa, 1983–2018

Authors

  • Antoinette A Grobbelaar National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Lucille H Blumberg National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Veerle Dermaux-Msimang National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Chantel A le Roux National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Naazneen Moolla National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Janusz T Paweska National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
  • Jacqueline Weyer National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

Abstract

Rabies is a fatal encephalitic disease caused by lyssaviruses belonging to the family Rhabdoviridae.

Author Biographies

  • Antoinette A Grobbelaar, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Lucille H Blumberg, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  • Veerle Dermaux-Msimang, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Chantel A le Roux, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Naazneen Moolla, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Janusz T Paweska, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Medical
    Virology, Center for Viral Zoonoses, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  • Jacqueline Weyer, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service

    Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa and Department of Medical
    Virology, Center for Viral Zoonoses, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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2021-12-09

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