In Vitro Preparation of H2O2 Inactivated Rabies Vaccine and Related Immunogenicity

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, the number of human rabies deaths in Asia is more than 31,000 per year, of which more than 20,000 occur in India alone. India thus accounts for 36 % of the global human rabies death burden. Rabies is endemic in India except in Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands, which are historically known to be rabies-free. The extent of rabies burden among animals in the country is not exactly known, but the incidence of the disease is quite high, and the disease is frequently encountered in different parts of the country. The description of the outbreaks of rabies in animals during the years 1996 to 2004 reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). India reported 586 outbreaks among different species of animals leading to death of 2,463 animals during this period.