Matters Microbial #109: Bat-Crazy About Rabies September 26, 2025

In honor of World Rabies Day, Dr. Rodney Rohde, Regents Professor at Texas State University,  joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss rabies and some of the strategies used to limit the influence of that devastating viral disease.

Host: Mark O. Martin

Guest: Rodney Rohde

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Links for this episode

• An overview of rabies from the CDC.
• A historical overview of rabies and Louis Pasteur.
• The global impact of rabies.
• Bats and rabies.
• A podcast exploring rabies and myths about vampires and werewolves.
• A wonderful video about rabies SO worth your time.
• A video with three physicians about rabies.
• A detailed review of rabies and the rabies virus.
• The lifecycle of the rabies virus.
• Various tests for rabies.
• The vaccines for rabies.
• Rabies research at the CDC.
• Use of an oral rabies vaccine to eliminate epizootic rabies in coyotes and gray foxes in Texas.
• Information about World Rabies Day.
• The Contagion Live website, including podcasts by Dr. Rohde.
• A video from Dr. Rohde about medical laboratory science.
• A video from Dr. Rohde about rabies.
• Dr. Rohde’s biography from the American Society for Microbiology.
• Dr. Rohde’s faculty website.
• Dr. Rohde’s personal website.

Intro music is by Reber Clark

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