Title

RDIS: The Rabies Disease Information System

Authors

Baskeran Dharmalingam & Lydia Jothi*

Affiliation

Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility, Department of Microbiology, Maharani's Science College for Women, Palace Road, Bangalore - 560001

Email

lydia.jothi@gmail.com ;  *Corresponding author

Article Type

Database

Date

Received October 30, 2015; Revised November 07; Accepted November 08, 2015; Published November 30, 2015

Rabies is a deadly viral disease causing acute inflammation or encephalitis of the brain in human beings and other mammals. Therefore, it is of interest to collect information related to the disease from several sources including known literature databases for further analysis and interpretation. Hence, we describe the development of a database called the Rabies Disease Information System (RDIS) for this purpose. The online database describes the etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathology of the disease using diagrammatic representations. It provides information on several carriers of the rabies viruses like dog, bat, fox and civet, and their distributions around the world. Information related to the urban and sylvatic cycles of transmission of the virus is also made available. The database also contains information related to available diagnostic methods and vaccines for human and other animals. This information is of use to medical, veterinary and paramedical practitioners, students, researchers, pet owners, animal lovers, livestock handlers, travelers and many others

Availability

The database is available for free http://rabies.mscwbif.org/home.html

Keywords

Rabies Disease Information System, encephalitis, epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathology, diagnostic methods and vaccines.

Citation

Dharmalingam & Jothi Bioinformation 11(11): 506-508 (2015)
 

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.