Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia.
Despite continuous efforts of veterinary services to control rabies in dogs since 1982, rabies remains a cause of death in Tunisia, with more than five reported human cases in 2022. As little is known on the determinants of transmission of rabies in dogs, better understand which factors contribute t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:386bafe1cd454120b59a5614834d8458 2024-09-09T19:25:44+00:00 Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. Sana Kalthoum Samia Mzoughi Raja Gharbi Monia Lachtar Bassem Bel Haj Mohamed Haikel Hajlaoui Wiem Khalfaoui Anissa Dhaouadi Imed Ben Sliman Chafik Ben Salah Haykel Kessa Hend Benkirane Ahmed Jawher Fekih Kahoula Barrak Hajer Sayari Chokri Bahloul Thibaud Porphyre 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012296 https://doaj.org/article/386bafe1cd454120b59a5614834d8458 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012296 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012296 https://doaj.org/article/386bafe1cd454120b59a5614834d8458 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e0012296 (2024) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012296 2024-08-26T15:21:14Z Despite continuous efforts of veterinary services to control rabies in dogs since 1982, rabies remains a cause of death in Tunisia, with more than five reported human cases in 2022. As little is known on the determinants of transmission of rabies in dogs, better understand which factors contribute to its spatial heterogeneity in Tunisia is critical for developing bespoke mitigation activities. In this context, we developed Bayesian Poisson mixed-effect spatio-temporal model upon all cases of rabid dogs reported in each delegation during the period from 2019 to 2021. The best fitting model highlighted the association between the risk of rabies and the mean average monthly temperature, the density of markets and the density of dogs in delegations. Interestingly, no relationship was found between intensity of vaccination in dogs and the risk of rabies. Our results provided insights into the spatio-temporal dynamics of dog rabies transmission and highlighted specific geographic locations where the risk of infection was high despite correction for associated explanatory variables. Such an improved understanding represent key information to design bespoke, cost-efficient, rabies prevention and control strategies to support veterinary services activities and policymaking. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18 8 e0012296 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Sana Kalthoum Samia Mzoughi Raja Gharbi Monia Lachtar Bassem Bel Haj Mohamed Haikel Hajlaoui Wiem Khalfaoui Anissa Dhaouadi Imed Ben Sliman Chafik Ben Salah Haykel Kessa Hend Benkirane Ahmed Jawher Fekih Kahoula Barrak Hajer Sayari Chokri Bahloul Thibaud Porphyre Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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Despite continuous efforts of veterinary services to control rabies in dogs since 1982, rabies remains a cause of death in Tunisia, with more than five reported human cases in 2022. As little is known on the determinants of transmission of rabies in dogs, better understand which factors contribute to its spatial heterogeneity in Tunisia is critical for developing bespoke mitigation activities. In this context, we developed Bayesian Poisson mixed-effect spatio-temporal model upon all cases of rabid dogs reported in each delegation during the period from 2019 to 2021. The best fitting model highlighted the association between the risk of rabies and the mean average monthly temperature, the density of markets and the density of dogs in delegations. Interestingly, no relationship was found between intensity of vaccination in dogs and the risk of rabies. Our results provided insights into the spatio-temporal dynamics of dog rabies transmission and highlighted specific geographic locations where the risk of infection was high despite correction for associated explanatory variables. Such an improved understanding represent key information to design bespoke, cost-efficient, rabies prevention and control strategies to support veterinary services activities and policymaking. |
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Sana Kalthoum Samia Mzoughi Raja Gharbi Monia Lachtar Bassem Bel Haj Mohamed Haikel Hajlaoui Wiem Khalfaoui Anissa Dhaouadi Imed Ben Sliman Chafik Ben Salah Haykel Kessa Hend Benkirane Ahmed Jawher Fekih Kahoula Barrak Hajer Sayari Chokri Bahloul Thibaud Porphyre |
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Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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Factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in Tunisia. |
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factors associated with the spatiotemporal distribution of dog rabies in tunisia. |
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