Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994912 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000839 | DOI Listing |
Front Trop Dis
March 2024
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Like other neglected diseases, surveillance data for rabies is insufficient and incompatible with the need to accurately describe the burden of disease. Multiple modeling studies central to estimating global human rabies deaths have been conducted in the last two decades, with results ranging from 14,000 to 74,000 deaths annually. Yet, uncertainty in model parameters, inconsistency in modeling approaches, and discrepancies in data quality per country included in global burden studies have led to recent skepticism about the magnitude of rabies mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne Health
June 2025
Laboratorio de Carnívoros, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador.
J Prev Med Hyg
September 2024
Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease transmitted mainly by bites of infected animals, especially dogs, which are responsible for 99% of human cases. Despite being preventable, it remains a neglected disease in low-income countries, with approximately 60,000 deaths per year, mostly concentrated in Africa and Asia. The real worldwide burden of rabies is probably underestimated, as death-reporting systems are inadequate and active surveillance is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Sci Tech
December 2024
A world free of dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 would be an outstanding achievement. This ambitious goal for a neglected tropical disease, set by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control together with partners and countries, has a clear and achievable pathway to success. In the 100 years since the inception of WOAH, many scientific tools have been developed to support the elimination of dog-mediated rabies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Health Serv
December 2024
School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!