Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies
Rabies is one of the oldest recognized diseases affecting all warm-blooded animals and remains to be the most important zoonotic disease mainly affecting the developing countries. It is an acute, progressive and almost fatal encephalomyelitis caused by the Rabies virus and other Lyssavirus spec...
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| author | Chalchisa Buzayehu Barecha1 , Fikru Girzaw2 , Venkataramana Kandi3 , Mahendra Pal4 |
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| description | Rabies is one of the oldest recognized diseases affecting
all warm-blooded animals and remains to be the most
important zoonotic disease mainly affecting the developing
countries. It is an acute, progressive and almost fatal
encephalomyelitis caused by the Rabies virus and other
Lyssavirus species of the family Rhabdoviridae. The disease has
worldwide distribution except in some countries where there
is strict quarantine system, rigorous eradication program or
natural barriers like mountains and rivers. Rabies occurs in
more than 150 countries and territories. Of these, most deaths
from rabies occur in developing countries with inadequate
public health resources and limited access to preventive
treatment. This category constitutes mainly the developing
countries found in the Asian and African continents. This
situation occurs because dog rabies is endemic with dog-todog transmission of the infection, which is associated with an
ongoing threat to humans due to dog bite. Rabies transmission
is usually from virus laden saliva of an infected animal which
comes in the contact by the bite from animal to animal or
animal to man. Being rabies virus is highly neurotropic; it has
high affinity for the central nervous system. The lesions
produced in the central nervous system and destruction of
the spinal neurons results in the clinical signs manifested by
the rabid patients. All rabies infected species usually exhibit
typical signs of central nervous system disturbance, with minor
variations among species. The direct fluorescent antibody test
is the gold standard for rabies diagnosis. An important tool to
optimize public and animal health and enhance domestic
animal rabies control is routine or emergency implementation
of low-cost or free clinics for rabies vaccination. Being rabies is
a preventable disease, some possible prevention and control
components include, making responsible pet ownership,
routine veterinary care and vaccination, and professionals
should provide public education about the disease. To facilitate
the implementation of these prevention and control
components, jurisdictions should work with veterinary medical
licensing boards, veterinary associations, the local veterinary
community, animal control officials and animal welfare
organizations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-026f8f0673ba43e2a855d18649bc0a092023-11-24T11:52:43ZengPrathima Institute of Medical SciencesPerspectives In Medical Research2348-14472348-229X2017-04-01515567Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of RabiesChalchisa Buzayehu Barecha1 , Fikru Girzaw2 , Venkataramana Kandi3 , Mahendra Pal40Samara UniversityRabies is one of the oldest recognized diseases affecting all warm-blooded animals and remains to be the most important zoonotic disease mainly affecting the developing countries. It is an acute, progressive and almost fatal encephalomyelitis caused by the Rabies virus and other Lyssavirus species of the family Rhabdoviridae. The disease has worldwide distribution except in some countries where there is strict quarantine system, rigorous eradication program or natural barriers like mountains and rivers. Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. Of these, most deaths from rabies occur in developing countries with inadequate public health resources and limited access to preventive treatment. This category constitutes mainly the developing countries found in the Asian and African continents. This situation occurs because dog rabies is endemic with dog-todog transmission of the infection, which is associated with an ongoing threat to humans due to dog bite. Rabies transmission is usually from virus laden saliva of an infected animal which comes in the contact by the bite from animal to animal or animal to man. Being rabies virus is highly neurotropic; it has high affinity for the central nervous system. The lesions produced in the central nervous system and destruction of the spinal neurons results in the clinical signs manifested by the rabid patients. All rabies infected species usually exhibit typical signs of central nervous system disturbance, with minor variations among species. The direct fluorescent antibody test is the gold standard for rabies diagnosis. An important tool to optimize public and animal health and enhance domestic animal rabies control is routine or emergency implementation of low-cost or free clinics for rabies vaccination. Being rabies is a preventable disease, some possible prevention and control components include, making responsible pet ownership, routine veterinary care and vaccination, and professionals should provide public education about the disease. To facilitate the implementation of these prevention and control components, jurisdictions should work with veterinary medical licensing boards, veterinary associations, the local veterinary community, animal control officials and animal welfare organizations.http://www.pimr.org.in/Barecha-new.PDFdogbitedistributionlyssavirusrabiesvaccinationzoonotic |
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| title | Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies |
| title_full | Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies |
| title_short | Epidemiology and Public Health Significance of Rabies |
| title_sort | epidemiology and public health significance of rabies |
| topic | dogbite distribution lyssavirus rabies vaccination zoonotic |
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