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Human anti-rabies post-exposure care in a city in Paraná - 2007 to 2022: demographic factors and causality

Background and Objectives: Rabies is an anthropozoonosis of global relevance and high lethality that requires qualified care and attention to the aggressor species. The objective was to describe the sociodemographic profile and causality of human anti-rabies care services reported between the years 2007 ...

Phylogenetic relationship between rabies virus (Lyssavirus rabies) variants from two different species

Vet. zootec; 31 (), 2024
Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease that affects several mammals. Hematophagous bats are recognized hosts of the rabies virus, and their main food source is the blood of other mammals, particularly cattle. During feeding, bats transmit the virus to cattle, which are victims of the disease, contributing to...

Historia de la rabia en Chile: tres tesis médicas

Rev. chil. infectol; 40 (6), 2023
En la antigüedad ya se describía la rabia como una enfermedad zoonótica fatal cuyo pronóstico inexorable superaba todas las alter-nativas terapéuticas de los más célebres médicos. La realidad chilena sobre esta enfermedad a fines del siglo XIX fue descrita certeramente por el médico mártir Pedr...

Lineamientos técnicos para la prevención y control de la rabia

Los casos de rabia en animales no se registran en nuestro país desde el año 2018, pero es importante que el MINSAL continúe ejecutando acciones de promoción de salud y prevención de la enfermedad para lo cual contamos con documentación regulatoria relacionadas con la realización de las campañas d...

Educação em saúde para prevenção da raiva humana

A raiva é uma antropozoonose viral que se desenvolve de forma progressiva e aguda podendo apresentar até 100% de letalidade. O seu agente etiológico é o vírus rábico do gênero Lyssavirus pertencente à família Rhabdoviridae. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo divulgar informações acerca da ...

Influence of euthanasia, the intensity of inflammatory lesion and viral load in the laboratory diagnosis of rabies in cattle

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
This research reports the use of different diagnostic tests in cattle, naturally infected by Rabies lyssavirus (RABV), and correlates the positivity of the tests with the clinical moment of euthanasia, the intensity of the inflammatory lesion and viral load. It also highlights the possibility of euthanas...

Epidemiologia da raiva humana no estado do Ceará, 1970 a 2019

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (1), 2021
Objetivo: Descrever os casos de raiva humana no estado do Ceará, Brasil, no período 1970-2019. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, sobre dados secundários da Secretaria da Saúde e do hospital de referência do Ceará. Resultados: Dos 171 casos, 75,7% ocorreram em homens, 60,0% nas idades até 19 anos e 56...

Clinical aspects of human rabies in the state of Ceará, Brazil: an overview of 63 cases

Abstract INTRODUCTION Rabies is considered one of the most relevant public health problems owing to its high fatality rate and the high number of deaths worldwide. METHODS We included patients with human rabies who attended a reference hospital in the state of Ceará during 1976-2019. RESULTS Data ...

Predictive risk model of livestock rabies occurrence in Peru

Livestock rabies is endemic in Peru. Hence, its persistence and annual dissemination represent an important economic impact, especially for impoverished farming communities. The disease is mostly transmitted by the hematophagous bat Desmodus rotundus. The present study aimed to adapt an exi...