Controlling rabies through a multidisciplinary, public health system in Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru.
Pathog Glob Health
; 107(7): 361-6, 2013 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-24392679
Rabies remains endemic in Peru. In 1983, Latin America and the Caribbean promised to eliminate canine-transmitted rabies from the continent. This led to Peru introducing a multidisciplinary public health system for controlling and managing rabies across the country. The system consists of mass canine vaccination campaigns, post exposure prophylaxis and monitoring aggressor animals for signs of rabies. The Peruvian city of Trujillo, La Libertad, is an urban area where dogs are the principal reservoir for rabies. The disease burden of rabies in Trujillo, La Libertad is currently minimal, with no rabies cases in humans for over 10 years, and only three canine cases. No human deaths due to rabies have occurred for several decades. From this it can be inferred that antirabies systems such as this do have real effects in reducing cases of human rabies at a grass roots level.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Raiva
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Vacina Antirrábica
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Saúde Pública
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Doenças do Cão
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Erradicação de Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Peru
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pathog Glob Health
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido