Rabies elimination research: juxtaposing optimism, pragmatism and realism.

ABSTRACT: More than 100 years of research has now been conducted into the prevention, control and elimination of rabies with safe and highly efficacious vaccines developed for use in human and animal populations. Domestic dogs are a major reservoir for rabies, and although considerable advances have been made towards the elimination and control of canine rabies in many parts of the world, the disease continues to kill tens of thousands of people every year in Africa and Asia. Policy efforts are now being directed towards a global target of zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030 and the global elimination of canine rabies. Here we demonstrate how research provides a cause for optimism as to the feasibility of these goals through strategies based around mass dog vaccination. We summarize s

SUBMITTER: Cleaveland S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745407 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature