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Delivery of canine rabies vaccination programme in Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundRabies causes over 60,000 deaths annually, primarily among children, with dog bites responsible for nearly all human cases. Although mass dog vaccination is effective in low-resource settings, structured campaigns have rarely been implemented ...
Luke Gamble, Karlette A Fernandes, Keiichiro Tazawa, Rubaiya Ahmad, Kamrul Islam, James Hood, Bernadette Abela, Balaji Chandrashekar, Frederic Lohr, Ryan M Wallace, Tim Parkin, Andrew D Gibson, Catherine Swedberg   +12 more
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Heterogeneity in dog population characteristics contributes to chronic under-vaccination against rabies in Guatemala.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Guatemala has held dog rabies mass vaccination campaigns countrywide since 1984, yet the virus remains endemic. To eliminate dog-mediated human rabies, dog vaccination coverage must reach at least 70%.
David Moran, Danilo Alvarez, Loren Cadena, Julie Cleaton, Stephanie J Salyer, Emily G Pieracci, Leila R Camposeco, Sulma Bernal, Ryan M Wallace   +8 more
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System dynamics modelling approach to explore the effect of dog demography on rabies vaccination coverage in Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Dogs are important reservoirs of rabies, a zoonotic viral encephalitis that kills thousands of people in Asia and Africa annually. Mass dog vaccination is recommended for the prevention of rabies in both humans and dogs.
Nozyechi Ngulube Chidumayo
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Dog Population Rabies Immunity before a Mass Vaccination Campaign in Lima, Peru: Vulnerabilities for Virus Reestablishment

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2023
. Lima, Peru, has not had a case of canine rabies since 1999. However, Lima remains at risk of rabies reintroduction due to the free movement of dogs from nearby rabies-endemic areas.
Olimpia Chuquista-Alcarraz, N. Falcon, M. Vigilato, Felipe Rocha, Gisely Toledo-Barone, Juliana Amorim-Conselheiro, S. Recuenco, R. Castillo-Neyra   +7 more
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Chasing rabies herd immunity: evaluating dog vaccination strategies and post-vaccination survey reliability in urban and peri-urban Bangladesh. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Introduction Mass dog vaccination (MDV) is essential for eliminating dog-mediated rabies, responsible for over 95% of the estimated 74,000 annual human rabies deaths.
Swedberg C, Siddiqi UR, Keshavamurthy R, Rana MS, Islam K, Kennedy E, Ross YB, Bonaparte S, Lohr F, Mursalin HS, Kamruzzaman M, Gamble L, Gibson AD, Blanton JD, Wallace RM.   +14 more
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Barriers to dog bite case management and dog rabies vaccination in Soroti district, Uganda [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionRabies, a neglected tropical disease, causes about 59,000 annual human fatalities globally, the majority of which result from dog bites.
Terence Odoch, Doreen Agado, Salome Dürr, Samuel George Okech, Samuel George Okech, Samuel George Okech, Juliet Kiguli, Clovice Kankya, Dickson Akankwatsa, Dickson Akankwatsa, Sonja Hartnack, Sonja Hartnack   +11 more
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Scaling-up the delivery of dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Tanzania.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
An increasing number of countries are committing to meet the global target to eliminate human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. Mass dog vaccination is central to this strategy.
Maganga Sambo, Elaine A Ferguson, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Joel Changalucha, Sarah Cleaveland, Kennedy Lushasi, Geofrey Joseph Mchau, Alphoncina Nanai, Hezron Nonga, Rachel Steenson, Paul Cd Johnson, Katie Hampson   +11 more
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Effectiveness of Mass Rabies Dog Vaccination Campaign in Communes V and VI of the Bamako-Mali, District [PDF]

International Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2019
Canine rabies remains an important public health problem in Africa. Mass vaccination of dogs is the recommended method for the control and elimination of rabies.
I. Sow, Y. Koné, K. Coulibaly, M. Dakouo, Satigui Sidibé, A. Babana, Hamadoun Babana   +6 more
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Community Knowledge, Risk Perception and Health-Seeking Behaviour Toward Rabies in Ghana: One Health Implications [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Rabies remains a zoonotic public health problem in Ghana despite the availability of effective preventive measures, including mass dog vaccination and timely post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
Prince Kyere Dwaah, Nana Yaa Awua-Boateng, Sylvia Afriyie Squire, Ernest Osei, David Kando, Rogermilla Enam Dunu, Daniel Nartey, Helen Djang-Fordjour, Patience Edze   +8 more
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Rabies vaccinations at the rural–urban divide: successes and barriers to dog rabies vaccination programs from a rural and urban campaign in Zambia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionDog vaccination against rabies is considered one of the most effective strategies at preventing human deaths from rabies and is a key strategy for eliminating dog-mediated human rabies deaths.
Ricky Chazya, Chilufya Aneta Susan Mulenga, Andrew D. Gibson, Frederic Lohr, Cassandra Boutelle, Sarah Bonaparte, Oline Sinywibulula, Gareth Thomas, Patricia Bwalya, George Dautu, Linous Munsimbwe, Geoffrey Muuka, Luke Gamble, Ryan M. Wallace, Michelle A. Waltenburg   +14 more
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