Campanha de vacinação contra raiva animal realizada por alunos na região de Descalvado/SP

• Autor(a) principal: Bürger, Karina Paes [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Bastos, Carla Resende [UNESP], Cruz, Carolina de Alvarenga [UNESP], Moraes, Fernanda Cassioli de [UNESP], Camplesi, Annelise Carla [UNESP], Souza, Luciano Melo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/1040; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143246
• topic: Extension; Public health; Zoonoses; Extensión; Salud pública; Zoonosis; Medicina Veterinária Preventiva; Extensão; Saúde pública; Zoonoses

Rabies is a cosmopolitan viral zoonosis, characterized by effects on the central nervous system (CNS) such as acute, progressive and lethal encephalitis. All mammals are susceptible to the rabies virus and can therefore transmit it. One of the main methods to control rabies is the vaccination of pets in urban areas, leading to decreases in the numbers of cases of animal rabies, consequently preventing human rabies. This study reports on the experience of an animal rabies vaccination campaign in the region of Descalvado/SP, undertaken by students of the University Camilo Castelo Branco (UNICASTELO) from August to October 2009, in the municipalities of Américo Brasiliense, Descalvado, Dourado, Leme, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, and São Carlos (State of Sao Paulo), which together total about 510,622 inhabitants. In these areas, 87,257 animals were vaccinated, corresponding to an average of 1 animal vaccinated for every 6 residents, demonstrating the effectiveness of the campaign.