| importation of canid rabies in a horse relocated from zimbabwe to south africa. | in july 2003 a 2-year-old thoroughbred colt was imported from harare, zimbabwe to the ashburton training centre, pietermaritzburg, south africa. five months after importation, the colt presented with clinical signs suggestive of rabies: it was uncoordinated, showed muscle tremors and was biting at itself. brain tissue was submitted for analysis and the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the fluorescent antibody test and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). phylogenetic anal ... | 2005 | 15991708 |
| a retrospective study of rabies in humans in zimbabwe, between 1992 and 2003. | this study aimed at examining the epidemiological features of rabies in humans in zimbabwe. the data were taken from internal reports of the department of veterinary technical services at harare covering the period 1st january 1992-31st december 2003 inclusive. positive cases were examined in relation to age and sex of the victim, animal vector involved, season, and land-use categories. the majority of the confirmed positive human cases (85.7%) were recorded in communal areas. the 5-19 year age ... | 2007 | 17543871 |