Vythegi Srithayakumar PhD Candidate Dr. Christopher Kyle Supervisor

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Insight into a rabid brain. Vythegi Srithayakumar PhD Candidate Dr. Christopher Kyle Supervisor. did you know.. > 55,000 Human deaths each year from rabies?. Raccoon Rabies Virus (RRV). >$300 million/ year. RRV + Raccoons = 100% Mortality RRV + Raccoons = 60% Mortality - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Vythegi SrithayakumarPhD Candidate

Dr. Christopher KyleSupervisor

Insight into a

rabid brain

did you know..

>55,000 Human deaths

each year from rabies?

>$300 million/ year

Raccoon Rabies Virus (RRV)

RRV + Raccoons = 100% Mortality RRV + Raccoons = 60% Mortality

Immunity may exist!!!

Host-Pathogen Interaction

Days post inoculation

Fold

D

iffer

ence

what we KNOW…

what we DON’T know