Rabies: The Diabolical Virus With Many Symptoms and Hosts With Rodney Rohde

<p><a href="https://asm.org/Biographies/Rodney-Rohde">Rodney Rohde, Ph.D.</a>, Regents' Professor and Chair of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Texas State University discusses the many variants, mammalian hosts and diverse neurological symptoms of rabies virus.<br /> <br /> Take the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C7P7XQY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MTM listener survey!</a></p> <h2>Ashley's Biggest Takeaways:</h2> <ul> <li>Prior to his academic career, Rohde spent a decade as a public health microbiologist and molecular epidemiologist with the <a href= "http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/lab/default.shtm">Texas Department of State Health Services Bureau of Laboratories</a> and <a href= "http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/default.asp">Zoonosis Control Division</a>, and over 30 years researching rabies virus.</li> <li>While at the Department of Health Lab, Rohde worked on virus isolation using what he described as "old school" cell culture techniques, includi...