Towards the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: development and application of an evidence-based management tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International organizations advocate for the elimination of dog-mediated rabies, but there is only limited guidance on interpreting surveillance data for managing elimination programmes. With the regional programme in Latin America approaching elimination of dog-mediated rabies, we aimed to develop a tool to evaluate the programme's performance and generate locally-tailored rabies control programme management guidance to overcome remaining obstacles.

Methods

We developed and validated a robust algorithm to classify progress towards rabies elimination within sub-national administrative units, which we applied to surveillance data from Brazil and Mexico. The method combines criteria that are easy to understand, including logistic regression analysis of case detectio

SUBMITTER: Rysava K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574347 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature