Rabies — the need for a ‘one medicine’ approach
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FROM a veterinary and medical standpoint we have witnessed the successful elimination of rabies in many countries, along with growing confidence that the disease will no longer present a major threat to public health in those countries in which the disease has been eradicated. The disease, however, while diminishing in Europe, remains a major threat to human health in Asia and Africa. Rabies should therefore be considered a disease of poverty, especially in countries with poor infrastructures and limited resources to devote to combating infectious disease. It is notable that two-thirds of the world’s population lives in a rabies-endemic area. Estimates for the number of human deaths worldwide suggest that in excess of 50,000 cases occur each year, principally in Africa and Asia, with 99·9 per cent of human cases being the result of rabies transmission caused by a dog bite. These figures are likely to be underestimates due to under-reporting of
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