| safety and immunogenicity of ontario rabies vaccine bait (onrab) in the first us field trial in raccoons (procyon lotor). | in 2011, we conducted a field trial in rural west virginia, usa to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a live, recombinant human adenovirus (adrg1.3) rabies virus glycoprotein vaccine (ontario rabies vaccine bait; onrab) in wild raccoons (procyon lotor) and striped skunks (mephitis mephitis). we selected onrab for evaluation because of its effectiveness in raccoon rabies management in ontario and quebec, canada, and significantly higher antibody prevalence rates in raccoons compared with a ... | 2014 | 24807178 |
| notes from the field: health care-associated outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis--west virginia, 2015. | on september 4, 2015, the west virginia bureau for public health (wvbph) was notified by an urban ophthalmology practice of 13 patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (ekc) diagnosed during the preceding 3 weeks. ekc is an eye infection characterized by severe inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea, and can result in vision loss. pathogens commonly detected in ekc outbreaks are human adenovirus (hadv) serotypes 8, 19, and 37, which are spread person-to-person or by fomites; no vaccines o ... | 2016 | 27078721 |