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SUBMITTER: Radhakrishnan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radhakrishnan Sreejith S Vanak Abi Tamim AT Nouvellet Pierre P Donnelly Christl A CA
Tropical medicine and infectious disease 20201021 4
India bears the highest burden of global dog-mediated human rabies deaths. Despite this, rabies is not notifiable in India and continues to be underprioritised in public health discussions. This review examines the historical treatment of rabies in British India, a disease which has received relatively less attention in the literature on Indian medical history. Human and animal rabies was widespread in British India, and treatment of bite victims imposed a major financial burden on the colonial ...[more]