One step closer to a transmissible vaccine for rabies virus

PLoS Biol. 2022 Apr 20;20(4):e3001607. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001607. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Abstract

A recent study in PLOS Biology shows that a betaherpesvirus circulating with the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, could serve as an effective vector for a transmissible vaccine capable of reducing the risk of rabies virus spillover in Peru.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chiroptera* / virology
  • Disease Vectors
  • Rabies virus* / genetics
  • Rabies virus* / immunology
  • Rabies* / immunology
  • Rabies* / prevention & control
  • Rabies* / transmission
  • Vaccines*

Substances

  • Vaccines