title: Controlling rabies through a multidisciplinary, public health system in Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru.
abstract: Rabies remains endemic in Peru. In 1983, Latin America and the Caribbean promised to eliminate canine-transmitted rabies from the continent. This led to Peru introducing a multidisciplinary public health system for controlling and managing rabies across the country. The system consists of mass canine vaccination campaigns, post exposure prophylaxis and monitoring aggressor animals for signs of rabies. The Peruvian city of Trujillo, La Libertad, is an urban area where dogs are the principal reservoir for rabies. The disease burden of rabies in Trujillo, La Libertad is currently minimal, with no rabies cases in humans for over 10 years, and only three canine cases. No human deaths due to rabies have occurred for several decades. From this it can be inferred that antirabies systems such as this do have real effects in reducing cases of human rabies at a grass roots level.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seneschall
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luna-Farro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D060740:Disease Eradication; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011634:Public Health; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines
keywords: Peru,; Public Health,; Rabies,; Trujillo,; aggressor animal observation; canine vaccination,; post-exposure prophylaxis,