Spatial and temporal trends of bat-borne rabies in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorEscobar, L.E.
dc.contributor.authorRestif, O.
dc.contributor.authorYung, V.
dc.contributor.authorFavi, M.
dc.contributor.authorPons, D.J.
dc.contributor.authorMedina-Vogel, G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T15:50:25Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T15:50:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopuses
dc.description.abstractIn Chile, while dog rabies has decreased markedly over the last 30 years, bat rabies is still reported frequently. In order to shed new light on the spatiotemporal trends of these reports, we analysed active and passive data from years 1985 and 2012, which included 61 076 samples from 289 counties of Chile. We found that from 1994 to 2012, more than 15 000 bat samples were submitted for diagnostics through passive surveillance, 9·5% of which tested positive for rabies. By contrast, the prevalence of infection was only ∼0·4% among the nearly 12 000 bat samples submitted through active surveillance. We found that the prevalence of dog rabies dropped steadily over the same period, with just a single confirmed case since 1998. None of the 928 samples from wild animals, other than bats, were positive for rabies. Although there has been only one confirmed case of human rabies in Chile since 1985, and a single confirmed case in a dog since 1998, bats remain a reservoir for rabies viruses. While active surveillance indicates that rabies prevalence is low in bat colonies, the high proportion of positive bats submitted through passive surveillance is a concern. To prevent human rabies, local public health agencies should increase research on the basic ecology of bats and the role of stray dogs and cats as potential rabies amplifiers. © 2014 Cambridge University Press.es
dc.description.urihttps://www-cambridge-org.recursosbiblioteca.unab.cl/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/spatial-and-temporal-trends-of-batborne-rabies-in-chile/ED0F8360029A69C5DCEA0159EABC910E
dc.identifier.citationEpidemiology and Infection Volume 143, Issue 7, Pages 1486 - 14946 May 2015es
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S095026881400226X
dc.identifier.issn0950-2688
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/50415
dc.language.isoenes
dc.publisherCambridge University Presses
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es
dc.subjectBat-bornees
dc.subjectdiseasees
dc.subjectrabieses
dc.subjectre-emergentes
dc.subjecturbanes
dc.titleSpatial and temporal trends of bat-borne rabies in Chilees
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