Current status of human rabies transmitted by dogs in Latin America

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ID5170166
AutoresMichael C Schneider (0000-0001-8575-8002, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Maria Cristina Schneider (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Albino Belotto (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Maria Paz Adé (0000-0003-0861-988X, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Saskia Hendrickx (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Saskia C J Hendrickx (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Luis Fernando Leanes (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Maria José De Freitas Rodrigues (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Guilherme Medina (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Eduardo Correa, Eduardo Austregésilo Corrêa (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas)
Año2007
Volumen23
Número9
Páginas2049-2063
Fecha de publicación2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2007000900013
PMID17700940
OpenAlexW2099025114
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2007000900013
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas3

Latin American countries made the political decision to eliminate human rabies transmitted by dogs by the year 2005. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate to what extent this goal has been reached. The epidemiological situation and control measures were analyzed and broken down within the countries by georeferencing. The 27 human cases reported in 2003 occurred in some 0.2% of the second-level geopolitical units (municipalities or counties) in the region, suggesting that the disease is a local problem. Several areas within the countries reported no more transmission of rabies in dogs. Nearly 1 million people potentially exposed to rabies received treatment. On average, 34,383 inhabitants per health post receive anti-rabies treatment (range: 4,300-148,043). Nearly 42 million dogs are vaccinated annually. Surveillance is considered fair according to the epidemiological criteria adopted by the study. Samples sent for rabies testing represent 0.05% of the estimated canine population (range: 0.001 to 0.2%). The countries are quite close to achieving the goal

Environmental health · Epidemiological surveillance · Geography · Geopolitics · Latin Americans · Pathology · Political science · Politics · Population · Rabies · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Veterinary medicine · Demography · Epidemiology · Law · Medicine · Rabies epidemiology and control · Virology · Virology and Viral Diseases · Zoonotic diseases and public health