%0 Journal Article
%T Rabies in a set of eight-week old puppies in Nigeria: the need for review of current dog antirabies vaccination schedule
%A David Shamaki
%A Emmanuel Ochefije Ngbede
%A Ishaya Sini Tekki
%A Lami Hanatu Lombin
%A Magdalene Nanven Maurice
%A Nanven Abraham Maurice
%A Nsika Joseph Ekanem
%A Okon John Ifut
%A Pam Dachung Luka
%A Philip A. Okewole
%A Philip Paul Mshelbwala
%A Ponfa Nden Zhakom
%A Udoh Akpan Inyang
%A Utibe-Abasi Hilary Udoh
%J -
%D 2018
%X Background: Rabies is endemic in Nigeria with clinical cases reported mainly in dogs and occasionally in livestock from all the geo-ecological zones of the country. Detection of rabies virus antigen in puppies at the age of five to ten weeks and in apparently healthy dogs shedding the virus in their saliva have been reported in some parts of Nigeria.
%K This report describes a clinical rabies in a set of eight weeks old puppies confirmed by antigen detection using the direct fluorescent antibody test (DFAT)
%K the direct rapid immunohistochemical test (DRIT)
%K and RT-PCR.
%U https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajid/article/view/175748