Rabies: control strategies for Himalayan states of the Indian subcontinent.

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dc.contributor.authorPanda, A Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorThakur, S Den_US
dc.contributor.authorKatoch, R Cen_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-28en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-01T18:58:59Z
dc.date.available2008-09-28en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-01T18:58:59Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-28en_US
dc.description.abstractRabies remains to be one of the most important direct zoonosis and is invariably fatal once the clinical symptoms appear. The disease can be prevented but still people continue to die of infection. India alone accounts to 81 per cent of the total deaths occurring due to rabies across the world. Dog is major reservoir of the infection, although other domestic and wild reservoirs also play an important role in the spread of the disease. A large population of stray dogs, availability of susceptible hosts, close proximity of animals and man and lack of effective control strategies might have led to endemic status of the disease in India. The effective control of rabies can be achieved through reduction of the stray dogs and stray livestock populations through implementation of animal birth control (ABC) programme and the proper induction of "herd immunity" by mass vaccination and awareness health programme. The increase in human population, changes in the environment, increased transportation, development of human habitations in new places and seasonal migration of the animals have resulted in the introduction of the infection to new territories and changes in the epidemiology of the disease in hills. Therefore, it is essential to design area specific control programmes so that the disease can be eliminated effectively.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDr. G C Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK-HPKVV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPanda AK, Thakur SD, Katoch RC. Rabies: control strategies for Himalayan states of the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2008 Sep; 40(3): 169-75en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/112622
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimals, Domesticen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimals, Wilden_US
dc.subject.meshContraception --veterinaryen_US
dc.subject.meshDisease Reservoirsen_US
dc.subject.meshDogsen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Educationen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshImmunity, Herden_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshMass Immunization --veterinaryen_US
dc.subject.meshQuarantine --veterinaryen_US
dc.subject.meshRabies --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshRefuse Disposalen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.titleRabies: control strategies for Himalayan states of the Indian subcontinent.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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