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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data

Lembo, Tiziana ; Hampson, Katie ; Kaare, Magai T ; Ernest, Eblate ; Knobel, Darryn ; Kazwala, Rudovick R ; Haydon, Daniel T ; Cleaveland, Sarah Rupprecht, Charles E.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010-02, Vol.4 (2), p.e626-e626 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data
Autor: Lembo, Tiziana ; Hampson, Katie ; Kaare, Magai T ; Ernest, Eblate ; Knobel, Darryn ; Kazwala, Rudovick R ; Haydon, Daniel T ; Cleaveland, Sarah
Rupprecht, Charles E.
Assuntos: Africa - epidemiology ; Animals ; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration ; Dog Diseases - epidemiology ; Dog Diseases - prevention & control ; Dogs ; Humans ; Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases ; Infectious Diseases/Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System ; Infectious Diseases/Neglected Tropical Diseases ; Infectious Diseases/Viral Infections ; Mass Vaccination - organization & administration ; Rabies - epidemiology ; Rabies - prevention & control ; Rabies - veterinary ; Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage ; Rabies Vaccines - economics ; Rabies Vaccines - immunology ; Vaccination - economics ; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data
É parte de: PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010-02, Vol.4 (2), p.e626-e626
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Conceived and designed the experiments: TL KH MTK DK RRK DTH SC. Performed the experiments: TL KH MTK EE DK RRK DTH SC. Analyzed the data: TL KH MTK DK DTH SC. Wrote the paper: TL KH DK SC.
Descrição: Canine rabies causes many thousands of human deaths every year in Africa, and continues to increase throughout much of the continent. This paper identifies four common reasons given for the lack of effective canine rabies control in Africa: (a) a low priority given for disease control as a result of lack of awareness of the rabies burden; (b) epidemiological constraints such as uncertainties about the required levels of vaccination coverage and the possibility of sustained cycles of infection in wildlife; (c) operational constraints including accessibility of dogs for vaccination and insufficient knowledge of dog population sizes for planning of vaccination campaigns; and (d) limited resources for implementation of rabies surveillance and control. We address each of these issues in turn, presenting data from field studies and modelling approaches used in Tanzania, including burden of disease evaluations, detailed epidemiological studies, operational data from vaccination campaigns in different demographic and ecological settings, and economic analyses of the cost-effectiveness of dog vaccination for human rabies prevention. We conclude that there are no insurmountable problems to canine rabies control in most of Africa; that elimination of canine rabies is epidemiologically and practically feasible through mass vaccination of domestic dogs; and that domestic dog vaccination provides a cost-effective approach to the prevention and elimination of human rabies deaths.
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data

Lembo, Tiziana ; Hampson, Katie ; Kaare, Magai T ; Ernest, Eblate ; Knobel, Darryn ; Kazwala, Rudovick R ; Haydon, Daniel T ; Cleaveland, Sarah Rupprecht, Charles E.

United States: Public Library of Science

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