Skip to main content
PMC home page
Bulletin of the World Health Organization logoLink to Bulletin of the World Health Organization
. 1954;10(5):845–866.

Can man be protected against rabies?

K F Meyer
PMCID: PMC2542171  PMID: 13182607

Abstract

The literature dealing with the protection of man against rabies over the past 70 years in many parts of the world is reviewed, and the salient problems of our present state of knowledge analysed. The author discusses the measures currently in use for eliminating canine rabies by quarantine, regulation of the dog population, and—in particular—mass vaccination of dogs, with a detailed survey of the questions of immunological research which this method raises. Measures for suppressing the disease in other vectors are also described. It is concluded that, given effective education of the public and the widespread use of canine mass vaccination, human rabies is a preventable disease.

Full text

PDF
846

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Casals J. INFLUENCE OF AGE FACTORS ON IMMUNIZABILITY OF MICE TO RABIES VIRUS. J Exp Med. 1940 Sep 30;72(4):453–461. doi: 10.1084/jem.72.4.453. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Casals J. INFLUENCE OF AGE FACTORS ON SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MICE TO RABIES VIRUS. J Exp Med. 1940 Sep 30;72(4):445–451. doi: 10.1084/jem.72.4.445. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. FREDRICKSON L. E., WILLETT J. C., SMITH J. E., PRICE E. R. Mass immunization of dogs against rabies; its influence on a rabies epizootic in St. Louis. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1953 Apr;43(4):399–404. doi: 10.2105/ajph.43.4.399. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. GREMLIZA L. Kasuistik zum Lyssa-Problem. Z Tropenmed Parasitol. 1953 Jun;4(3):382–389. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. KAISER M., PUNTIGAM F. Ueber die Verbreitung und Bekämpfung der Tollwut in den Donaustaaten. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 1949 Aug 5;61(31):481–484. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. KOPROWSKI H., BLACK J. Studies on chick embryo adapted rabies virus. III. Duration of immunity in vaccinated dogs. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1952 Jul;80(3):410–415. doi: 10.3181/00379727-80-19640. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. KOPROWSKI H., BLACK J. Studies on chick-embryo adapted rabies virus. II. Pathogenicity for dogs and use of egg-adapted strains for vaccination purposes. J Immunol. 1950 Mar;64(3):185–196. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. KOPROWSKI H., COX H. R. Recent developments in the prophylaxis of rabies. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1951 Dec;41(12):1483–1489. doi: 10.2105/ajph.41.12.1483. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. KORNS R. F., ZEISSIG A. Dog, fox, and cattle rabies in New York State; evaluation of vaccination in dogs. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1948 Jan;38(1 Pt 1):50–65. doi: 10.2105/ajph.38.1_pt_1.50. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Leach C. N. Comparative Methods of Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1938 Feb;28(2):162–166. doi: 10.2105/ajph.28.2.162. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Leach C. N., Johnson H. N. Effect of Prolonged Storage on the Antigenicity of Chloroform-Inactivated Canine Rabies Vaccine. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1942 Dec;32(12):1380–1382. doi: 10.2105/ajph.32.12.1380. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. NIKOLIC M. Die Ergebnisse der Tollwutschutzimpfung beim Menschen nach Wolfsverletzung. Z Tropenmed Parasitol. 1952 Feb;3(3):283–296. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Novicky R. Bovine Paralytic Rabies: Aportacion Al Estudio de la Rabia Paralitica Bovina en Venezuela. Can J Comp Med Vet Sci. 1947 Nov;11(11):335–337. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Plummer P. J. Arctic Dog Disease. Can J Comp Med Vet Sci. 1947 Nov;11(11):330–334. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. TIERKEL E. S., ARBONA G., RIVERA A., DE JUAN A. Mongoose rabies in Puerto Rico. Public Health Rep. 1952 Mar;67(3):274–278. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Webster L. T. A MOUSE TEST FOR MEASURING THE IMMUNIZING POTENCY OF ANTIRABIES VACCINES. J Exp Med. 1939 Jun 30;70(1):87–106. doi: 10.1084/jem.70.1.87. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Williams R. B. Rabies in Alaska. Can J Comp Med Vet Sci. 1949 Jun;13(6):136–143. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Bulletin of the World Health Organization are provided here courtesy of World Health Organization

RESOURCES