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SUBMITTER: Baby J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511517 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baby Julie J Mani Reeta Subramaniam RS Abraham Swapna Susan SS Thankappan Asha T AT Pillai Prasad Madhavan PM Anand Ashwini Manoor AM Madhusudana Shampur Narayan SN Ramachandran Jayachandran J Sreekumar Sachin S
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20150722 7
<h4>Background</h4>Rabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by viruses belonging to the genus Lyssavirus of the family Rhabdoviridae. It is a viral disease primarily affecting mammals, though all warm blooded animals are susceptible. Experimental rabies virus infection in birds has been reported, but naturally occurring infection of birds has been documented very rarely.<h4>Principal findings</h4>The carcass of a domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus), which had been bitten by a stray dog one month back ...[more]