Published in Bull World Health Organ on June 24, 2005
Bayesian phylogeography finds its roots. PLoS Comput Biol (2009) 10.99
Bats: important reservoir hosts of emerging viruses. Clin Microbiol Rev (2006) 8.77
Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 4.35
Snakebite mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 3.98
The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 3.58
Economic impact of dengue illness in the Americas. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 3.52
Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies. PLoS Biol (2009) 3.38
The burden of human African trypanosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 2.53
Synchronous cycles of domestic dog rabies in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of control efforts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.34
The global burden of alveolar echinococcosis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 2.31
Transmission dynamics and economics of rabies control in dogs and humans in an African city. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.29
The origin and phylogeography of dog rabies virus. J Gen Virol (2008) 2.23
Demographics of animal bite victims & management practices in a tertiary care institute in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Indian J Med Res (2014) 2.06
Virology, immunology and pathology of human rabies during treatment. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2015) 2.06
Rabies control in rural Africa: evaluating strategies for effective domestic dog vaccination. Vaccine (2008) 2.03
Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem. J Appl Ecol (2008) 1.98
Genomic diversity and evolution of the lyssaviruses. PLoS One (2008) 1.98
The cell biology of rabies virus: using stealth to reach the brain. Nat Rev Microbiol (2010) 1.86
Rabies exposures, post-exposure prophylaxis and deaths in a region of endemic canine rabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.84
Phylodynamics and human-mediated dispersal of a zoonotic virus. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.83
Human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.82
Neglected and endemic zoonoses. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2009) 1.79
Establishment of a Canine Rabies Burden in Haiti through the Implementation of a Novel Surveillance Program. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.76
Progress towards eliminating canine rabies: policies and perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2013) 1.75
Cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination to prevent human rabies in rural Tanzania. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.73
Epidemiological investigations of human rabies in China. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 1.72
The blueprint for rabies prevention and control: a novel operational toolkit for rabies elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.64
Evaluation of cost-effective strategies for rabies post-exposure vaccination in low-income countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.60
Human Rabies in the WHO Southeast Asia Region: Forward Steps for Elimination. Adv Prev Med (2011) 1.57
Rabies trend in China (1990-2007) and post-exposure prophylaxis in the Guangdong province. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 1.57
Enzootic rabies elimination from dogs and reemergence in wild terrestrial carnivores, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.52
Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: where do we stand? Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.44
Epidemiological and clinical features of human rabies cases in Bali 2008-2010. BMC Infect Dis (2012) 1.42
The Global Burden of Disease assessments--WHO is responsible? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 1.42
The burden of rabies in Tanzania and its impact on local communities. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.36
Rabies, still neglected after 125 years of vaccination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.36
Rabies diagnosis for developing countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.36
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2011. J Am Vet Med Assoc (2012) 1.34
Effective preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis of rabies with a highly attenuated recombinant rabies virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.34
Dog bites in humans and estimating human rabies mortality in rabies endemic areas of Bhutan. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.33
The elimination of fox rabies from Europe: determinants of success and lessons for the future. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2013) 1.32
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis: a case study in Tanzania. Vaccine (2009) 1.28
Rabies situation in Cambodia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.28
Quantifying antigenic relationships among the lyssaviruses. J Virol (2010) 1.27
Surveillance guidelines for disease elimination: a case study of canine rabies. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 1.27
A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in Tanzania. BMC Vet Res (2008) 1.26
Evidence-based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction. J Anim Ecol (2012) 1.26
Evidence of rabies virus exposure among humans in the Peruvian Amazon. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 1.26
Owner valuation of rabies vaccination of dogs, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.24
A universal real-time assay for the detection of Lyssaviruses. J Virol Methods (2011) 1.24
Domestic dog demographic structure and dynamics relevant to rabies control planning in urban areas in Africa: the case of Iringa, Tanzania. BMC Vet Res (2012) 1.23
Incidence of rabies in humans and domestic animals and people's awareness in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.23
Dog ecology and demography in Antananarivo, 2007. BMC Vet Res (2009) 1.23
Renewed global partnerships and redesigned roadmaps for rabies prevention and control. Vet Med Int (2011) 1.22
Development of a mouse monoclonal antibody cocktail for post-exposure rabies prophylaxis in humans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.21
Molecular epidemiology identifies only a single rabies virus variant circulating in complex carnivore communities of the Serengeti. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 1.20
Deaths from symptomatically identifiable furious rabies in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.18
Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.17
Challenges and needs for China to eliminate rabies. Infect Dis Poverty (2013) 1.17
Estimating the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness during an outbreak in Serere, eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.17
Factors associated with dog rabies vaccination in Bhol, Philippines: results of a cross-sectional cluster survey conducted following the island-wide rabies elimination campaign. Zoonoses Public Health (2012) 1.15
Discrepancies in data reporting for rabies, Africa. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.15
Recent emergence and spread of an Arctic-related phylogenetic lineage of rabies virus in Nepal. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.12
Risk of potentially rabid animal exposure among foreign travelers in Southeast Asia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.12
Design of a phase III multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in children across diverse transmission settings in Africa. Malar J (2011) 1.11
Immune modulating effect by a phosphoprotein-deleted rabies virus vaccine vector expressing two copies of the rabies virus glycoprotein gene. Vaccine (2008) 1.11
Newcastle disease virus-vectored rabies vaccine is safe, highly immunogenic, and provides long-lasting protection in dogs and cats. J Virol (2011) 1.11
Moving from rabies research to rabies control: lessons from India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.11
Emergence of Arctic-like rabies lineage in India. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.10
Potential for rabies control through dog vaccination in wildlife-abundant communities of Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.10
Stray dog trade fuelled by dog meat consumption as a risk factor for rabies infection in Calabar, southern Nigeria. Afr Health Sci (2013) 1.09
Reemergence of rabies in Chhukha district, Bhutan, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.09
Enhancement of blood-brain barrier permeability and reduction of tight junction protein expression are modulated by chemokines/cytokines induced by rabies virus infection. J Virol (2014) 1.09
Research options for controlling zoonotic disease in India, 2010-2015. PLoS One (2011) 1.08
A simplified 4-site economical intradermal post-exposure rabies vaccine regimen: a randomised controlled comparison with standard methods. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.08
High early life mortality in free-ranging dogs is largely influenced by humans. Sci Rep (2016) 1.08
Neglected tropical diseases: survey and geometry of randomised evidence. BMJ (2012) 1.07
More accurate insight into the incidence of human rabies in developing countries through validated laboratory techniques. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 1.07
Epidemiologic trends of rabies in domestic animals in southern Thailand, 1994-2008. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 1.06
Retrospective analysis of suspected rabies cases reported at bugando referral hospital, mwanza, Tanzania. J Glob Infect Dis (2010) 1.06
Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about rabies prevention and control: a community survey in Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.05
Inferior rabies vaccine quality and low immunization coverage in dogs ( Canis familiaris) in China. Epidemiol Infect (2008) 1.05
Chicken interferon-inducible transmembrane protein 3 restricts influenza viruses and lyssaviruses in vitro. J Virol (2013) 1.03
Role of interferon antagonist activity of rabies virus phosphoprotein in viral pathogenicity. J Virol (2010) 1.03
Leishmaniases' burden of disease: ways forward for getting from speculation to reality. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.03
Replication-deficient rabies virus-based vaccines are safe and immunogenic in mice and nonhuman primates. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.01
Eliminating rabies in Tanzania? Local understandings and responses to mass dog vaccination in Kilombero and Ulanga districts. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.00
Ultra-deep sequencing of intra-host rabies virus populations during cross-species transmission. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.99
National borders effectively halt the spread of rabies: the current rabies epidemic in China is dislocated from cases in neighboring countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.98
Laboratory diagnosis of human rabies: recent advances. ScientificWorldJournal (2013) 0.98
A robust lentiviral pseudotype neutralisation assay for in-field serosurveillance of rabies and lyssaviruses in Africa. Vaccine (2009) 0.97
Metapopulation dynamics of rabies and the efficacy of vaccination. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 0.97
Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus isolates in India. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.97
Achieving population-level immunity to rabies in free-roaming dogs in Africa and Asia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 0.96
Furious rabies after an atypical exposure. PLoS Med (2009) 0.96
Risk for rabies importation from North Africa. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 0.95
Fatal human rabies due to Duvenhage virus from a bat in Kenya: failure of treatment with coma-induction, ketamine, and antiviral drugs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 0.94
Lyssavirus detection and typing using pyrosequencing. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.94
Recombinant rabies viruses expressing GM-CSF or flagellin are effective vaccines for both intramuscular and oral immunizations. PLoS One (2013) 0.93
Evolutionary history of rabies in Ghana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 0.92
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 8.02
Estimates of the prevalence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United States, April-July 2009. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 5.56
Identifying reservoirs of infection: a conceptual and practical challenge. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 4.79
The Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis: a contribution to global mapping of neglected tropical diseases. Int J Health Geogr (2010) 4.62
Estimating the future number of cases in the Ebola epidemic--Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014-2015. MMWR Surveill Summ (2014) 4.53
Estimating human rabies mortality in the United Republic of Tanzania from dog bite injuries. Bull World Health Organ (2002) 4.15
The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 3.58
Human rabies prevention--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep (2008) 3.58
Late-acting dominant lethal genetic systems and mosquito control. BMC Biol (2007) 3.54
Estimating the burden of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in the United States (April 2009-April 2010). Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.46
A dominant lethal genetic system for autocidal control of the Mediterranean fruitfly. Nat Biotechnol (2005) 3.43
Transmission dynamics and prospects for the elimination of canine rabies. PLoS Biol (2009) 3.38
Crisis, what crisis? Control of Rhodesian sleeping sickness. Trends Parasitol (2006) 3.10
Human health benefits from livestock vaccination for brucellosis: case study. Bull World Health Organ (2004) 2.90
Estimates of US influenza-associated deaths made using four different methods. Influenza Other Respir Viruses (2009) 2.82
Cost-effectiveness and potential impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States. Pediatrics (2007) 2.75
Public health impact of including two lineages of influenza B in a quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine. Vaccine (2012) 2.67
Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between two fatal diseases. BMJ (2005) 2.53
Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.44
Use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices. MMWR Recomm Rep (2010) 2.31
Estimating and mapping the population at risk of sleeping sickness. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 2.31
Analyzing the control of mosquito-borne diseases by a dominant lethal genetic system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 2.29
Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 2.16
Global burden of human brucellosis: a systematic review of disease frequency. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 2.13
Animal movements and the spread of infectious diseases. Trends Microbiol (2006) 2.11
Estimating the public health impact of rabies. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 2.09
Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel's assessment. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 2.05
Excess mortality, hospital stay, and cost due to candidemia: a case-control study using data from population-based candidemia surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 2.00
Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem. J Appl Ecol (2008) 1.98
Clinical manifestations of human brucellosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.95
Reconstructing historical changes in the force of infection of dengue fever in Singapore: implications for surveillance and control. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 1.91
Rabies exposures, post-exposure prophylaxis and deaths in a region of endemic canine rabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.84
Unseen Kala-azar deaths in south Sudan (1999-2002). Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.83
West Nile virus economic impact, Louisiana, 2002. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.83
Cost-effectiveness of a pediatric dengue vaccine. Vaccine (2004) 1.83
Evaluation of a direct, rapid immunohistochemical test for rabies diagnosis. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.82
Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007-2010. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.78
Cost-effectiveness of canine vaccination to prevent human rabies in rural Tanzania. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.73
Mycobacterial lineages causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Ethiopia. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.72
Use of disability adjusted life years in the estimation of the disease burden of echinococcosis for a high endemic region of the Tibetan plateau. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.70
Influenza Illness and Hospitalizations Averted by Influenza Vaccination in the United States, 2005-2011. PLoS One (2013) 1.64
Economics of an adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination catch-up campaign in the United States. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.60
Evaluation of cost-effective strategies for rabies post-exposure vaccination in low-income countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.60
Ikoma lyssavirus, highly divergent novel lyssavirus in an African civet. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.59
Spatial predictions of Rhodesian Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) prevalence in Kaberamaido and Dokolo, two newly affected districts of Uganda. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.58
Health benefits, risks, and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of children. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.57
Zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis-induced tuberculosis in humans. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.53
Stray dog population demographics in Jodhpur, India following a population control/rabies vaccination program. Prev Vet Med (2010) 1.51
Household effects of school closure during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.49
Towards the Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis. Int J Health Geogr (2009) 1.48
Modeling the national pediatric vaccine stockpile: supply shortages, health impacts and cost consequences. Vaccine (2010) 1.45
Evaluation of the discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains. Vet Microbiol (2005) 1.45
Zoonoses and marginalised infectious diseases of poverty: where do we stand? Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.44
Representative seroprevalences of brucellosis in humans and livestock in Kyrgyzstan. Ecohealth (2011) 1.44
Genetic diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Ghana revealed by a newly identified locus containing a variable number of tandem repeats. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.44
FluSurge--a tool to estimate demand for hospital services during the next pandemic influenza. Med Decis Making (2006) 1.43
Re: preventing the incurable: Asian rabies experts advocate rabies control. Vaccine (2006) 1.41
Synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver human and animal health interventions in rural low income settings. BMJ (2005) 1.41
Age and clinical dengue illness. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.38
Human and animal vaccination delivery to remote nomadic families, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.37
Quantifying risk factors for human brucellosis in rural northern Tanzania. PLoS One (2010) 1.36
The burden of rabies in Tanzania and its impact on local communities. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.36
Rabies diagnosis for developing countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.36
Perceptions of bed nets and malaria prevention before and after a randomized controlled trial of permethrin-treated bed nets in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.35
Modeling the cost-effectiveness of the integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) system: meningitis in Burkina Faso. PLoS One (2010) 1.32
Are insecticide-impregnated dog collars a feasible alternative to dog culling as a strategy for controlling canine visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil? Int J Parasitol (2004) 1.29
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis: a case study in Tanzania. Vaccine (2009) 1.28
Surveillance guidelines for disease elimination: a case study of canine rabies. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 1.27
A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in Tanzania. BMC Vet Res (2008) 1.26
Evidence-based control of canine rabies: a critical review of population density reduction. J Anim Ecol (2012) 1.26
Influenza cost and cost-effectiveness studies globally--a review. Vaccine (2013) 1.26
Bringing together emerging and endemic zoonoses surveillance: shared challenges and a common solution. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2012) 1.25
Influenza pandemic preparedness. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.25
Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2013) 1.24
Owner valuation of rabies vaccination of dogs, Chad. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.24
Designing programs for eliminating canine rabies from islands: Bali, Indonesia as a case study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.23
Domestic dog demographic structure and dynamics relevant to rabies control planning in urban areas in Africa: the case of Iringa, Tanzania. BMC Vet Res (2012) 1.23
Cost analysis of an integrated disease surveillance and response system: case of Burkina Faso, Eritrea, and Mali. Cost Eff Resour Alloc (2009) 1.23
Renewed global partnerships and redesigned roadmaps for rabies prevention and control. Vet Med Int (2011) 1.22
Analysis of risk factors for T. brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness within villages in south-east Uganda. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 1.21
Health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural Tanzania. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.21
New methodology for estimating the burden of infectious diseases in Europe. PLoS Med (2012) 1.21
Antibiotic susceptibility and molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis strains in Chad: detection of a new phylogenetic subgroup. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.20
Estimating effect of antiviral drug use during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.20
Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2013) 1.20
A framework for evaluating animals as sentinels for infectious disease surveillance. J R Soc Interface (2007) 1.18
Using remote sensing and geographic information systems to identify villages at high risk for rhodesiense sleeping sickness in Uganda. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.18
Measuring underreporting and under-ascertainment in infectious disease datasets: a comparison of methods. BMC Public Health (2014) 1.17
Mycobacterium bovis isolates from tuberculous lesions in Chadian zebu carcasses. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.17
Estimating the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness during an outbreak in Serere, eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.17
Risk factors for Entamoeba histolytica infection in an agricultural community in Hanam province, Vietnam. Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.16