La rabia urbana en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina: origen-evolución-actualidad

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Author	Amasino, Carlos Francisco Garbi, Corrado Amasino, M. F.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Rabies is an infectious and zoonotic disease characterized by alterations of the nervous system, produced by the rabies virus, which belongs to the genus Lyssavirus of the Rhabdoviridae family. The disease is habitually transmitted by the bite of an infected animal, which eliminates the virus in its saliva. Urban rabies is the one that occurs in the cities, being the dog the most important affected and transmitter of the disease, followed by cat and man. The present work shows a global focus on rabies, animal and man affecting disease, in the territory of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This province presented the biggest focus of urban rabies ever registered in the Argentinian Republic from the moment of the first appearance of the disease, consigned in 1806 and due to the activities of the 1st. English Invasion, to the moment of the eradication of the disease in 1984. The subsequent panorama, until 2001 is also following presented. During 1976, the province s territory registered 4759 cases of animal rabies and 13 human deaths. An alignment of the geographical and political situations of the periods during which important events happened is made. Besides, the state of the scientific knowledge about the disease during these periods, which conditioned and characterized the presentation, handling and control of this disease in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is also analyzed.
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