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. 2016 Nov;22(11):1963-1965.
doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160826.

Dog-Mediated Human Rabies Death, Haiti, 2016

Ryan M Wallace, Melissa D Etheart, Jeff Doty, Ben Monroe, Kelly Crowdis, Pierre Dilius Augustin, Jesse Blanton, Natael Fenelon

Dog-Mediated Human Rabies Death, Haiti, 2016

Ryan M Wallace et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

Haiti has experienced numerous barriers to rabies control over the past decades and is one of the remaining Western Hemisphere countries to report dog-mediated human rabies deaths. We describe the circumstances surrounding a reported human rabies death in 2016 as well as barriers to treatment and surveillance reporting.

Keywords: Haiti; animal diseases; dogs; hydrophobia; rabies; rabies vaccinations; veterinary medicine; viruses; zoonoses.

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A team consisting of workers from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; the Pan American Health Organization; Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development; and Christian Veterinary Mission trained 11 veterinary professionals on principles of animal rabies surveillance. Here, trainees gain experience drawing up sedative medications into a pole syringe, which is used to sedate suspected rabid animals from a safe distance. (Photograph courtesy of R.M. Wallace.)
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