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Evaluation of mass vaccination campaign coverage against rabies in dogs in Tunisia.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Touihri, L. Zaouia, I. Elhili, K. Dellagi, K. Bahloul, C.
Spatial Coverage	Tunisia
Description	Country affiliation: Tunisia Author Affiliation: Touihri L ( Laboratory of Immunology, Vaccinology and Molecular Genetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis-Belvedere, Tunisia.)
Abstract	In Tunisia, rabies continues to be considered as a serious public health concern. Very costly mass vaccination of dogs against rabies and expensive post-exposure prophylaxis are prerequisites to maintain a low level of human rabies cases. In Tunisia, the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns at the national level has undoubtedly contributed to the drop of rabies endemicity, but the overall outcome is rather suboptimal. In this investigation, we wanted to estimate the extent of the vaccination coverage in dogs in three Governorates (Manouba, Kassrine and Mednine), by collecting data through questionnaires and interviews relevant to 1470 owned dogs. When the campaign is correctly applied, as in Manouba, almost all the targeted dog population can be reached by parenteral vaccination and an almost elimination of the disease can be evidenced. However, in Kasserine and especially in Medenine, where the vaccination coverage is lower than 31%, a reservoir for the disease can be maintained. To match the official figures of vaccination coverage, we should update the statistics of the size of dog population which seems to be bigger than what is assumed. In addition, we wanted to assess the level of involvement of the local population with the vaccination campaigns by marking vaccinated dogs with necklaces and establishing later on the vaccination coverage accordingly. The highest levels of vaccination coverage can be reached in the rural regions. Therefore, the low vaccination coverage in rural areas, reported at the national level, is more attributable to the lack of human and financial resources to reach remote regions. We think that rabies control programmes in Tunisia can be successful if vaccination coverage can reach 70% in all parts of the country. The achieved vaccination coverage should be estimated after random visits in many parts of the country and by checking valid vaccination certificates.
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ISSN	18631959
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	58
e-ISSN	18632378
Journal	Zoonoses and Public Health
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2011-03-01
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Veterinary Medicine Discipline Public Health Dog Diseases Prevention & Control Mass Vaccination Veterinary Rabies Vaccines Administration & Dosage Rabies Transmission Animals Disease Reservoirs Virology Dogs Female Humans Male Public Health Tunisia Epidemiology Zoonoses Evaluation Studies Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Immunology and Microbiology Veterinary Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology

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