The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data.
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...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:321c83832fbe40aeac2aa7f17c37bd48 2023-05-15T15:08:09+02:00 The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. Tiziana Lembo Katie Hampson Magai T Kaare Eblate Ernest Darryn Knobel Rudovick R Kazwala Daniel T Haydon Sarah Cleaveland 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000626 https://doaj.org/article/321c83832fbe40aeac2aa7f17c37bd48 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2826407?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000626 https://doaj.org/article/321c83832fbe40aeac2aa7f17c37bd48 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 2, p e626 (2010) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000626 2022-12-31T04:30:38Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4 2 e626 |
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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. |
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. |
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. |
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The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data. |
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