Abstract
From dogs to bats: Concerns regarding vampire bat-borne rabies in Brazil.
Highlights
More than 15 million people worldwide receive pre-exposure prophylaxis and 29 million receive a post-bite vaccination, which is estimated to prevent thousands of rabies deaths annually [2]
Vaccination campaigns for domestic animals in Brazil have caused a sharp reduction in cases of human rabies transmitted by dogs, and since 2015, no cases by canine variant have been reported [6]
In 2019, a 58-year-old woman living in a rural area in the municipality of Gravatal, State of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, died of rabies after a cat bite
Summary
More than 15 million people worldwide receive pre-exposure prophylaxis and 29 million receive a post-bite vaccination, which is estimated to prevent thousands of rabies deaths annually [2]. Considering the dog-mediated urban cycle in areas of high endemicity, the only way to stop the transmission of rabies is to vaccinate at least 80% of the canine population [6].
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