Rabies research

Defra funded research projects enable studies into the pathogenesis, host cell responses and molecular epidemiology of rabies viruses and European bat lyssaviruses.

The findings of national and international collaborative studies have been published in a number of peer reviewed journals.

Under our remit as a WHO Collaborating Centre, VLA has assisted international colleagues in the identification of viral strains responsible for human and animal rabies incidents and offered training in rabies diagnostic techniques.

The Group also leads/contributes to workpackages in the EU funded programmes Med-Vet-Net and Epizone.