Rabies as a Public Health Concern in India-A Historical Perspective.

ABSTRACT: India bears the highest burden of global dog-mediated human rabies deaths. Despite this, rabies is not notifiable in India and continues to be underprioritised in public health discussions. This review examines the historical treatment of rabies in British India, a disease which has received relatively less attention in the literature on Indian medical history. Human and animal rabies was widespread in British India, and treatment of bite victims imposed a major financial burden on the colonial Government of India. It subsequently became a driver of Pasteurism in India and globally and a key component of British colonial scientific enterprise. Efforts to combat rabies led to the establishment of a wide network of research institutes in India and important breakthroughs in development of ra

SUBMITTER: Radhakrishnan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature