2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.banm.2020.09.036
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Nouveaux aspects de la lutte contre la rage

Abstract: La rage est encore aujourd’hui responsable d’environ 60 000 décès humains par an, principalement dans les populations démunies en Afrique et en Asie. Pourtant, depuis le développement du premier vaccin par Louis Pasteur, il y a 130 ans, les mesures prophylactiques se sont considérablement améliorées et allégées. Elles sont désormais composées du vaccin associé à des immunoglobulines antirabiques d’origine équine ou humaine purifiées. Mais, d’une manière générale, les protocoles de prophylaxie post-exposition s… Show more

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“…Today, it is still considered a neglected tropical disease, despite the fact that it causes more than 59,000 human deaths each year in the world, particularly in Asia and Africa [4,5]. Once declared clinically, it is inevitably fatal [6]. In most of Africa, especially in West and Central African countries, rabies notification is not mandatory, and epidemiological data are scarce [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Today, it is still considered a neglected tropical disease, despite the fact that it causes more than 59,000 human deaths each year in the world, particularly in Asia and Africa [4,5]. Once declared clinically, it is inevitably fatal [6]. In most of Africa, especially in West and Central African countries, rabies notification is not mandatory, and epidemiological data are scarce [7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, implementing a nationwide vaccination campaign is a real challenge for poor country of Africa, who generally fail to achieve the required vaccination coverage. Like suggest in a recent review, the knowledge of rabies epidemiology is crucial for implementation of more targeted and effective vaccination campaigns [ 11 ]. It would be important to know the general epidemiological data on rabies in Africa in order to be able to put in place a global plan of elimination of rabies adapted to the African context.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%