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Matters Microbial #109: Bat-Crazy About Rabies


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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

GuestRodney Rohde

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Links for this episode
  • An overview of rabies from the CDC.
  • historical overview of rabies and Louis Pasteur.
  • The global impact of rabies.
  • Bats and rabies.
  • podcast exploring rabies and myths about vampires and werewolves.
  • A wonderful video about rabies SO worth your time.
  • 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.
  • video from Dr. Rohde about medical laboratory science.
  • 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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