Research Article, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 2 Issue: 3
Evaluation of Rapid Immunodiagnostic Test for Rabies Diagnosis Using Clinical Brain Samples in Ethiopia
| Reta T1, Teshale S2*, Deresa A3, Ali A3, Getahun G3, Baumann MPO4, Muller T5 and Freuling CM5 | |
| 1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gondar, Ethiopia | |
| 2School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | |
| 3Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Ethiopia | |
| 4Freie Universität Berlin, Germany | |
| 5Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany | |
| Corresponding author : Teshale S School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia E-mail: [email protected] |
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| Received: July 10, 2013 Accepted: September 23, 2013 Published: September 26, 2013 | |
| Citation: Reta T, Teshale S, Deresa A, Ali A, Getahun G, et al. (2013) Evaluation of Rapid Immunodiagnostic Test for Rabies Diagnosis Using Clinical Brain Samples in Ethiopia. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 2:3. doi:10.4172/2325-9590.1000117 |
Abstract
Evaluation of Rapid Immunodiagnostic Test for Rabies Diagnosis Using Clinical Brain Samples in Ethiopia
Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that affects humans and other mammals. The main reservoir for humans is known to be carnivores. Rabies is almost invariably fatal once the clinical signs develop. Rabies is caused by rabies virus belonging to the genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae that has been known to comprise 12 different genotype
