Rabies surveillance-response in Mali in the past 18 years and requirements for the future.

CONCLUSION: Over the past 18 years, rabies is endemically stable in Mali despite the decrease in reported human cases. The disparity among regions in number of samples tested indicates a low level of clinical and laboratory surveillance and likely a high level of underreporting. Dogs play the main role in rabies transmission in Mali. Monitoring of and decisions for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) includes other animals (cats, cattle, and monkeys) involved in transmission. Mali should develop a national rabies strategy to include better communication between the public health and animal health sectors, strengthening of laboratory surveillance capacity, mass vaccination of dogs and guaranteed access to PEP. PMID: 32447031 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Tropica - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Acta Trop Source Type: research