EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF RABIES IN IRAN

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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OFRABIES IN IRAN
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No of persons received PrP
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No of Human Deaths
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• High Frequency Zones
• Medium Frequency Zones FIG-5 PrP
  Distribution
• Low Frequency Zones

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• More than 5 cases
• Less than 5 cases FIG-6 Human
  Deaths
• One case
• No case

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FIG-7 Examined positive animals
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• Domestic Rabies
• Cow
• Dog
• Sheep Goat
• Horse Donkey
• Cat
• FIG-8

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• Wild Rabies
• Wolf
• Fox
• Jackal
• FIG-9

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High Frequency Zones Medium Frequency Zones
FIG-10 Animal Rabies Low Frequency Zones
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RABIES CONTROL

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• 1-Increasing vaccination coverage in owned dogs
• 2-Reducing population of stray dogs
• 3- Using oral rabies vaccine in wild carnivorous
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• 1- Establishment of PrP centers all over the
  country
• 2- Education of public health services persons
• 3-Increasing the public knowledge about rabies
• 4-Quality control of rabies vaccine,serum,monitori
  ng cold chain
• 5-Reducing of disposable food
• C
• 1-Research on potential factors, probability of
  new reservoirs(Bat,Mongose)
• 2-Studying the rabies virus variants