Interplay between rabies virus and the mammalian immune system

Table 1 United Kingdom cases of rabies 2001-2012

Yr	Virus	Source	Country of origin	Findings of tests to detect neutralizing antibody in cerebrospinal fluid	Ref.
2001	RABV	Dog	Nigeria	Not tested	[75]
2001	RABV	Dog	Philippines	None detected on hospital admission	[76]
2002	EBLV-21	Bat	Britain	None detected in any sample submitted	[77]
2005	RABV	Dog	India	Not tested	[78]
2008	RABV	Dog	South Africa	None detected on hospital admission. Evidence for low levels after 5 d of hospitalization	[73]
2012	RABV	Dog	India	None detected in any sample submitted	[79]

¹European bat lyssavirus 2. RABV: Rabies virus.