Proof-of-concept study reveals feasibility of eliminating rabies in Africa

(Institut Pasteur) The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, together with European and African collaborators (including the Institut Pasteur in Paris), carried out a mass dog vaccination in Chad and determined its effect on human rabies exposure. The study employed a bio-mathematical method for estimating the transmission dynamics of rabies. The researchers conclude that with political will and the necessary funding, elimination of rabies is possible in Africa.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news