Towards rabies elimination in the Asia-Pacific region: From theory to practice.

The objective of the meeting was focused upon snowballing efforts towards achieving substantial progress in rabies prevention, control and elimination within Asia by 2030, and thereby to safeguard the Pacific region. Individual sessions focused upon domestic animal, wildlife and human vaccination; the production and evaluation of quality, safety and efficacy of existing rabies biologics; and the future development of new products. Participants reviewed the progress to date in eliminating canine rabies by mass vaccination, described supportive methods to parenteral administration by oral vaccine application, considered updated global and local approaches at human prophylaxis and discussed the considerable challenges ahead. Such opportunities provide continuous engagement on disease management among professionals at a trans-disciplinary level and promote new applied research collaborations in a modern One Health context.
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Source: Biologicals : Journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization - February 19, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Rupprecht CE, Abela-Ridder B, Abila R, Amparo AC, Banyard A, Blanton J, Chanachai K, Dallmeier K, de Balogh K, Del Rio Vilas V, Ertl H, Freuling C, Hill R, Houillon G, Jakava-Viljanen M, Kasemsuwan S, Léchenet J, Nel L, Panichabhongse P, Rahman SA, Tanta Tags: Biologicals Source Type: research