Persistence of the reemergence of canine rabies in south Peru

In the last century, canine rabies was endemic in our country. In the 1990s, Peru implemented the action plan for the elimination of urban rabies on the recommendation of the Pan American Health Organization, achieving successful rabies control. Despite the efforts made, Puno maint...

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Autor: Recuenco Cabrera, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/16866
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/16866
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enfermedades Endémicas; Rabia; Perú
Endemic Diseases; Rabies; Peru
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Sumario:In the last century, canine rabies was endemic in our country. In the 1990s, Peru implemented the action plan for the elimination of urban rabies on the recommendation of the Pan American Health Organization, achieving successful rabies control. Despite the efforts made, Puno maintained persistent endemic foci, and in 2014, Arequipa reported the first event of reintroduction of urban rabies in Latin America. The outbreak of rabies intensified in recent years in Arequipa, Puno and Cusco, with 19 cases of canine rabies in 2015, to 59 cases in 2016, continuing 2017 with 47 cases, 2018 with 46, and until July 2019, 17 cases Thus, there was reintroduction of canine rabies, establishing a situation of uncontrolled high endemicity. In this report, we address the context and persistence of the re-emergence of canine rabies in south Peru.