Abstract
Spatio-temporal study of diagnosis of rabies in vampire bats in Sergipe (Brazil), between 1987 to 2014
Highlights
According with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, 2014), rabies is an important zoonosis, responsible for 70.000 deaths per year over the world, most of them children in developing countries
Between the years 2000 and 2014 there was an increase in the number of diagnoses, what could demonstrate the importance of disease as zoonosis, besides show that the state of Sergipe intensified the active search by virus
The monitoring of rabies must be extended to other species of nonhematophagous bats considering that in recent years it has gained an important role as a maintainer and disseminator of rabies virus, due to the modification of the epidemiological cycle of this disease in urban environments
Summary
According with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, 2014), rabies is an important zoonosis, responsible for 70.000 deaths per year over the world, most of them children in developing countries. The OIE (2014) provides a scientific basis for norms, guidelines, and recommendations for disease control in animals in order to prevent their dissemination, as well as patterns for the diagnosis of rabies and the production of high-quality veterinary vaccines. The bat Desmodus rotundus is the most abundant species in regions of livestock ranching, several Latin American countries have developed programs for their control, since the vaccination of domestic animals does not prevent the occurrence of spoliation, nor the spread of the virus among populations wild (MAPA, 2009)
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