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Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015 · Vol. 9(4) · pp. e0003709–e0003709

Katie Hampson✉(Glasgow Centre for Population Health)Laurent Coudeville(Sanofi (France))Tiziana Lembo(Glasgow Centre for Population Health)Maganga Sambo(Ifakara Health Institute)Alexia Kieffer(Sanofi (France))Michaël Attlan(Sanofi (France))J BarratJesse D. Blanton(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Deborah J. Briggs(Global Alliance for Rabies Control)Sarah Cleaveland(University of Glasgow)Peter Costa(Global Alliance for Rabies Control)Conrad M. FreulingElly HibyLea Knopf(Global Alliance for Rabies Control)Fernando Leanes(Pan American Health Organization (Brasil))François-Xavier Meslin(Médecins Sans Frontières)Artem Metlin(Institut Pasteur du Cambodge)Mary Elizabeth Miranda(Global Alliance for Rabies Control)Thomas MüllerLouis H. Nel(University of Pretoria)Sergio Recuenco(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Charles E. Rupprecht(Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine)Carolin L. SchumacherLouise Taylor(Global Alliance for Rabies Control)Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato(Pan American Health Organization (Brasil))Jakob Zinsstag(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)Jonathan Dushoff(McMaster University)on behalf of the Global Alliance for Rabies Control Partners for Rabies Prevention

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Abstract

This study demonstrates that investment in dog vaccination, the single most effective way of reducing the disease burden, has been inadequate and that the availability and affordability of PEP needs improving. Collaborative investments by medical and veterinary sectors could dramatically reduce the current large, and unnecessary, burden of rabies on affected communities. Improved surveillance is needed to reduce uncertainty in burden estimates and to monitor the impacts of control efforts.

Rabies epidemiology and control Virology and Viral Diseases Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchRabiesEnvironmental healthDisease burdenPublic healthVaccinationMedicineLivestockOne HealthPsychological interventionSocioeconomics