[HTML][HTML] Rabies in the Tropics

CE Rupprecht, RS Mani, PP Mshelbwala… - Current Tropical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Rabies is an ancient yet still neglected tropical disease (NTD).
This review focuses upon highlights of recent research and peer-reviewed communications …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat selection by free-roaming domestic dogs in rabies endemic countries in rural and urban settings

L Cunha Silva, B Friker, C Warembourg… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Domestic dogs can affect human health through bites and pathogen transmission,
particularly in resource-poor countries where dogs, including owned ones, predominantly …

[HTML][HTML] Oral rabies vaccination of dogs—Experiences from a field trial in Namibia

CM Freuling, F Busch, A Vos, S Ortmann… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Dog-mediated rabies is responsible for tens of thousands of human deaths annually, and in
resource-constrained settings, vaccinating dogs to control the disease at source remains …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of binding antibodies against rabies in a vaccinated dog population in Flores Island, Indonesia

E Wera, C Warembourg, PM Bulu… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Effective parenteral vaccines are available to control rabies in dogs. While such vaccines
are successfully used worldwide, the period between vaccine boosters required to …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling modifiable factors associated with the probability of human rabies deaths among self-reported victims of dog bites in Abuja, Nigeria

PP Mshelbwala, R J. Soares Magalhães… - PLoS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Canine-mediated rabies kills tens of thousands of people annually in lesser-developed
communities of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, primarily through bites from infected dogs …

[HTML][HTML] Immune response after rabies vaccination in owned free-roaming domestic dogs in Flores Island, Indonesia

E Wera, C Warembourg, PM Bulu, MM Siko… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vaccination is the main tool to prevent the circulation of rabies in dog populations. The
development of an immune response after vaccination differs between individual dogs and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of optimized observation periods for estimating a representative home range of free-roaming domestic dogs

FM Sousa, C Warembourg, MF Abakar, D Alvarez… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Free-roaming domestic dogs (FRDD), as vectors of zoonotic diseases, are of high relevance
for public health. Understanding roaming patterns of dogs can help to design disease …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness, knowledge, and perceptions regarding rabies prevention among rural communities in Masaka District, Central Uganda: a qualitative study

C Kankya, S Dürr, S Hartnack… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rabies is a zoonotic disease that is mainly transmitted to humans through dog bites. It
remains a major public health threat in many Asian and African countries, including Uganda …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of a Short-Duration, Large-Scale Canine Rabies Vaccination Campaign in Central Cambodia

K Tazawa, AN Lewis, F Lohr, AD Gibson, M Mayr… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary To advance the national rabies control effort in Cambodia, a coalition
comprising government and non-government organizations spearheaded a short-duration …

The Role of Dog Ecology in Canine Rabies Prevention and Control in Asia: Lessons from Indonesia and the Oceanic Region

S Dürr, E Wera, VJ Brookes… - One Health for Dog …, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Constraints to canine rabies elimination include low political priority, poor implementation of
a One Health approach, low accessibility of rabies post-exposure treatment, and often …