2005
Spatial Dynamics and Molecular Ecology of North American Rabies
Real L, Russell C, Waller L, Smith D, Childs J. Spatial Dynamics and Molecular Ecology of North American Rabies. Journal Of Heredity 2005, 96: 253-260. PMID: 15677743, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacro-evolutionary time scalesLocal environmental variablesRemarkable model systemEvolutionary geneticsMolecular ecologyHost specificityPopulation ecologySpatial dynamicsAccidental introductionWildlife populationsNorth AmericaRNA virusesPattern of emergenceEnvironmental variablesGenetic heterogeneityEastern United StatesRaccoon populationsModel systemEcologyImportant viral zoonotic diseaseVirginia borderEpidemic expansionRegions of EuropeVirus variantsTemporal occurrence
1998
Epidemiology of human rabies in the United States, 1980 to 1996.
Noah D, Drenzek C, Smith J, Krebs J, Orciari L, Shaddock J, Sanderlin D, Whitfield S, Fekadu M, Olson J, Rupprecht C, Childs J. Epidemiology of human rabies in the United States, 1980 to 1996. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1998, 128: 922-30. PMID: 9634432, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-11-199806010-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostexposure prophylaxisHuman rabiesAnimal bitesBat bitesRabies virus variantVirus variantsLaboratory-confirmed casesMedical personnelExposure historyDiagnostic laboratory testsLocal health authoritiesDiagnosis of rabiesRabies virus transmissionInfectious salivaInsignificant woundMost patientsClinical courseClinical featuresClinical presentationDefinite historyAntemortem diagnosisCase reportClinical differencesClinical signsDifferential diagnosis