Analysis of predictors of rabies-positive biting animals in Cambodia using spatio-temporal Bayesian regression modelling.

ABSTRACT: Cambodia is endemic for rabies, a fatal zoonotic viral disease transmitted through dog bites. The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge through its Rabies Prevention Center is the main institution in charge of rabies prevention and surveillance in the country. Its main tool for prevention is post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for bite victims. Allocation of specific PEP regimen is done based on the assessment of the severity of the wound and the information collected by IPC doctors from patients regarding the attack's characteristics and the attacking animal's health status. Furthermore, a small proportion of patients bring animals for testing, 60% of which were tested positive for rabies. Using the data collected from patient interviews from 2000 to 2016, we used a Bayesian spatio-temporal regression

SUBMITTER: Baron JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12431645 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature