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2. Percepción del ambiente educacional y rendimiento académico en estudiantes de Medicina de una universidad pública peruana
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Arroyo-Ramirez, F., primary, Rojas-Bolivar, D., additional, Bardalez-García, B., additional, Bravo-Vásquez, M., additional, Yon-Leau, C., additional, and Recuenco, S., additional
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- 2021
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3. Human Contacts with Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits Distributed for Wildlife Rabies Management — Ohio, 2012
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Kellogg, F., Niehus, N., Diorio, M., Smith, K., Chipman, R., Kirby, J., Jesse Blanton, Dyer, J., Franka, R., Hummel, K., Recuenco, S., Rupprecht, C., Wallace, R., and Vora, N. M.
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Conservation of Natural Resources ,Vaccines, Live, Unattenuated ,Rabies ,Animals, Wild ,Articles ,Environmental Exposure ,Peptide Fragments ,Adenoviridae ,Rabies Vaccines ,Viral Envelope Proteins ,Animals ,Humans ,Gloves, Protective ,Ohio - Abstract
Baits laden with oral rabies vaccines are important for the management of wildlife rabies in the United States. In August 2012, the Wildlife Services program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service began a field trial involving limited distribution of a new oral rabies vaccine bait in five states, including Ohio. The vaccine consisted of live recombinant human adenovirus type 5 vector, expressing rabies virus glycoprotein (AdRG1.3) (Onrab). A previously used oral rabies vaccine consisting of a live recombinant vaccinia vector, expressing rabies virus glycoprotein (V-RG) (Raboral V-RG), was distributed in other areas of Ohio. To monitor human contacts and potential vaccine virus exposure, surveillance was conducted by the Ohio Department of Health, local Ohio health agencies, and CDC. During August 23-September 7, 2012, a total of 776,921 baits were distributed in Ohio over 4,379 square miles (11,341 square kilometers). During August 24-September 12, a total of 89 baits were reported found by the general public, with 55 human contacts with baits identified (some contacts involved more than one bait). In 27 of the 55 human contacts, the bait was not intact, and a barrier (e.g., gloves) had not been used to handle the bait, leaving persons at risk for vaccine exposure and vaccine virus infection. However, no adverse events were reported. Continued surveillance of human contacts with oral rabies vaccine baits and public warnings to avoid contact with baits are needed because of the potential for vaccine virus infection.
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- 2013
4. A Large‐scale, Rapid Public Health Response to Rabies in an Organ Recipient and the Previously Undiagnosed Organ Donor
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Wallace, R. M., primary, Stanek, D., additional, Griese, S., additional, Krulak, D., additional, Vora, N. M., additional, Pacha, L., additional, Kan, V., additional, Said, M., additional, Williams, C., additional, Burgess, T. H., additional, Clausen, S. S., additional, Austin, C., additional, Gabel, J., additional, Lehman, M., additional, Finelli, L. N., additional, Selvaggi, G., additional, Joyce, P., additional, Gordin, F., additional, Benator, D., additional, Bettano, A., additional, Cersovsky, S., additional, Blackmore, C., additional, Jones, S. V., additional, Buchanan, B. D., additional, Fernandez, A. I., additional, Dinelli, D., additional, Agnes, K., additional, Clark, A., additional, Gill, J., additional, Irmler, M., additional, Blythe, D., additional, Mitchell, K., additional, Whitman, T. J., additional, Zapor, M. J., additional, Zorich, S., additional, Witkop, C., additional, Jenkins, P., additional, Mora, P., additional, Droller, D., additional, Turner, S., additional, Dunn, L., additional, Williams, P., additional, Richards, C., additional, Ewing, G., additional, Chapman, K., additional, Corbitt, C., additional, Girimont, T., additional, Franka, R., additional, Recuenco, S., additional, Blanton, J. D., additional, and Feldman, K. A., additional
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- 2014
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5. Risk-Based Cost Modelling of Oral Rabies Vaccine Interventions for Raccoon Rabies
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Recuenco, S., primary, Eidson, M., additional, Cherry, B., additional, and Johnson, G., additional
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- 2009
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6. Time series analysis of the impact of oral vaccination on raccoon rabies in West Virginia, 1990-2007
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Ma, X., Jesse Blanton, Rathbun, S. L., Recuenco, S., and Rupprecht, C. E.
7. The real significance of being bitten by a hematophagous bat in indigenous communities in the remote Peruvian Amazon | El real significado de ser mordido por murciélagos hematófagos en las comunidades indígenas Amazónicas del Perú
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Gómez-Benavides, J., VICTOR ALBERTO LAGUNA-TORRES, and Recuenco, S.
8. Rabies Death Attributed to Exposure in Central America with Symptom Onset in a US Detention Facility - Texas, 2013
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Wallace, R. M., Bhavnani, D., Russell, J., Zaki, S., Muehlenbachs, A., Hayden-Pinneri, K., Aplícano, R. M., Peruski, L., Vora, N. M., Elson, D., Lederman, E., Leeson, B., Mclaughlin, T., Waterman, S., Fonseca-Ford, M., Jesse Blanton, Franka, R., Velasco-Villa, A., Niezgoda, M., Orciari, L., Recuenco, S., Damon, I., Hanlon, C., Jackson, F., Dyer, J., Wadhwa, A., and Robinson, L.
9. The blueprint for rabies prevention and control: a novel operational toolkit for rabies elimination
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Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Katie Hampson, Lea Knopf, Andres Velasco-Villa, Louis Nel, Franck BORGESE, University of Glasgow, Global Alliance for Rabies Control [Manhattan, Kansas], and Partners for Rabies prevention : Fooks A, Wandeler A, Rupprecht C, Tumpey A, Velasco-Villa A, Recuenco S, Dodet B, Klemm M, de Balogh K, Adier O, Ettel T, Cliquet F, Müller T, Freuling C, Briggs D, Costa P, Miranda ME, Dedmon R, Taylor L, Doyle K, Vos A, Bourhy H (Institut Pasteur), Tordo N (Institut Pasteur), Le Roux K, Schumacher C, Maki J, Borgese F, Gniel D, Leanes F, Vigilato MA, Attlan M, Lumlertdacha B, Cediel N, Lembo T, Cleaveland S, Hampson K, Nel L, Meslin FX, Knopf L, Hiby E.
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Communicable Disease Control/*methods ,Epidemiology ,MESH: Disease Eradication ,Global Health ,MESH: Communicable Disease Control ,0302 clinical medicine ,From Innovation to Application ,Health care ,MESH: Animals ,Disease Eradication/*methods ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0303 health sciences ,Disease surveillance ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,MESH: Guidelines as Topic ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Veterinary Diseases ,[SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology ,Medicine ,Guidelines as Topic ,Medical emergency ,Public Health ,Veterinary Medicine ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Rabies ,030231 tropical medicine ,Veterinary Epidemiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,MESH: Rabies ,Blueprint ,Animal welfare ,medicine ,Humans ,Animals ,Disease Eradication ,Disease burden ,030304 developmental biology ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Rabies/*prevention & control/*veterinary ,Tropical disease ,International health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Communicable Disease Control ,Veterinary Science ,business - Abstract
Rabies is a prime example of a neglected tropical disease that mostly affects communities suffering from inequitable health care [1]. The false perception that rabies impacts on society are low is due to case under-reporting and limited awareness of the disease burden [2], [3]. Effective tools for elimination of terrestrial rabies are available [4]. While the sustained deployment of these tools has led to some remarkably successful interventions [5], [6], canine rabies continues to claim lives in rabies-endemic countries and areas of re-emergence, where >95% of human deaths occur as a result of bites by rabid domestic dogs [7], [8]. Control programs targeting dogs can effectively reduce the risk of rabies to humans [3], [9]. However, the design and implementation of such programs still pose considerable challenges to local governments, and a lack of easy-to-use guidelines has been identified as an important reason for this. Global rabies experts from the Partners for Rabies Prevention have therefore gathered to translate evidence-based knowledge on rabies control into user-friendly guidelines. Existing information obtained from different sources, including previously published guidelines by international health and animal welfare organizations and scientific findings, has been packaged into a novel online document, the Blueprint for Rabies Prevention and Control (http://www.rabiesblueprint.com), which we describe herewith.
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- 2012
10. Editorial: Rabies, a long-standing One Health example - progress, challenges, lessons and visions on the way to 0 by 30.
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Fahrion AS, Freuling CM, Léchenne M, Müller T, Recuenco S, Vigilato MAN, Busch F, Heitz-Tokpa K, Mauti S, Muturi M, and Dürr S
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Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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- 2023
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11. Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock.
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Meza DK, Mollentze N, Broos A, Tello C, Valderrama W, Recuenco S, Carrera JE, Shiva C, Falcon N, Viana M, and Streicker DG
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- Animals, Humans, Livestock, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Chiroptera, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies veterinary, Rabies virus
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The pathogen transmission dynamics in bat reservoirs underpin efforts to reduce risks to human health and enhance bat conservation, but are notoriously challenging to resolve. For vampire bat rabies, the geographical scale of enzootic cycles, whether environmental factors modulate baseline risk, and how within-host processes affect population-level dynamics remain unresolved. We studied patterns of rabies exposure using an 11-year, spatially replicated sero-survey of 3709 Peruvian vampire bats and co-occurring outbreaks in livestock. Seroprevalence was correlated among nearby sites but fluctuated asynchronously at larger distances. A generalized additive mixed model confirmed spatially compartmentalized transmission cycles, but no effects of bat demography or environmental context on seroprevalence. Among 427 recaptured bats, we observed long-term survival following rabies exposure and antibody waning, supporting hypotheses that immunological mechanisms influence viral maintenance. Finally, seroprevalence in bats was only weakly correlated with outbreaks in livestock, reinforcing the challenge of spillover prediction even with extensive data. Together our results suggest that rabies maintenance requires transmission among multiple, nearby bat colonies which may be facilitated by waning of protective immunity. However, the likelihood of incursions and dynamics of transmission within bat colonies appear largely independent of bat ecology. The implications of these results for spillover anticipation and controlling transmission at the source are discussed.
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- 2022
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12. Rabies post-exposure healthcare-seeking behaviors and perceptions: Results from a knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey, Uganda, 2013.
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Bonaparte SC, Adams L, Bakamutumaho B, Barbosa Costa G, Cleaton JM, Gilbert AT, Osinubi M, Pieracci EG, Recuenco S, Tugumizemu V, Wamala J, and Wallace RM
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- Adult, Animals, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dogs, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies etiology, Rabies psychology, Rabies virus physiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Uganda epidemiology, Bites and Stings complications, Health Facilities statistics & numerical data, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Patient Acceptance of Health Care psychology, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis statistics & numerical data, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage
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Background: Rabies is a viral disease of animals and people causing fatal encephalomyelitis if left untreated. Although effective pre- and post-exposure vaccines exist, they are not widely available in many endemic countries within Africa. Since many individuals in these countries remain at risk of infection, post-exposure healthcare-seeking behaviors are crucial in preventing infection and warrant examination., Methodology: A rabies knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey was conducted at 24 geographically diverse sites in Uganda during 2013 to capture information on knowledge concerning the disease, response to potential exposure events, and vaccination practices. Characteristics of the surveyed population and of the canine-bite victim sub-population were described. Post-exposure healthcare-seeking behaviors of canine-bite victims were examined and compared to the related healthcare-seeking attitudes of non-bite victim respondents. Wealth scores were calculated for each household, rabies knowledge was scored for each non-bitten survey respondent, and rabies exposure risk was scored for each bite victim. Logistic regression was used to determine the independent associations between different variables and healthcare-seeking behaviors among canine-bite victims as well as attitudes of non-bitten study respondents., Results: A total of 798 households were interviewed, capturing 100 canine-bite victims and a bite incidence of 2.3 per 100 person-years. Over half of bite victims actively sought medical treatment (56%), though very few received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (3%). Bite victims who did not know or report the closest location where PEP could be received were less likely to seek medical care (p = 0.05). Respondents who did not report having been bitten by a dog with higher knowledge scores were more likely to respond that they would both seek medical care (p = 0.00) and receive PEP (p = 0.06) after a potential rabies exposure event., Conclusions: There was varying discordance between what respondents who did not report having been bitten by a dog said they would do if bitten by a dog when compared to the behaviors exhibited by canine-bite victims captured in the KAP survey. Bite victims seldom elected to wash their wound or receive PEP. Having lower rabies knowledge was a barrier to theoretically seeking care and receiving PEP among not bitten respondents, indicating a need for effective and robust educational programs in the country., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- 2021
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13. Healthcare of Indigenous Amazonian Peoples in response to COVID-19: marginality, discrimination and revaluation of ancestral knowledge in Ucayali, Peru.
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Montag D, Barboza M, Cauper L, Brehaut I, Alva I, Bennett A, Sanchez-Choy J, Sarmiento Barletti JP, Valenzuela P, Manuyama J, García Murayari I, Guimaraes Vásquez M, Aguirre Panduro C, Giattino A, Palomino Cadenas EJ, Lazo R, Delgado CA, Nino A, Flores EC, Pesantes MA, Murillo JP, Belaunde LE, Recuenco S, Chuquimbalqui R, and Zavaleta-Cortijo C
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- COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 psychology, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Pandemics, Peru epidemiology, Public Policy, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 ethnology, Cultural Characteristics, Indians, South American, Indigenous Peoples, Racism
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Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
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- 2021
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14. Defining New Pathways to Manage the Ongoing Emergence of Bat Rabies in Latin America.
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Benavides JA, Valderrama W, Recuenco S, Uieda W, Suzán G, Avila-Flores R, Velasco-Villa A, Almeida M, Andrade FAG, Molina-Flores B, Vigilato MAN, Pompei JCA, Tizzani P, Carrera JE, Ibanez D, and Streicker DG
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- Animals, Chiroptera growth & development, Humans, Latin America, Rabies transmission, Rabies virus genetics, Chiroptera virology, Disease Reservoirs virology, Rabies virology, Rabies virus physiology
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Rabies transmitted by common vampire bats ( Desmodus rotundus ) has been known since the early 1900s but continues to expand geographically and in the range of species and environments affected. In this review, we present current knowledge of the epidemiology and management of rabies in D. rotundus and argue that it can be reasonably considered an emerging public health threat. We identify knowledge gaps related to the landscape determinants of the bat reservoir, reduction in bites on humans and livestock, and social barriers to prevention. We discuss how new technologies including autonomously-spreading vaccines and reproductive suppressants targeting bats might manage both rabies and undesirable growth of D. rotundus populations. Finally, we highlight widespread under-reporting of human and animal mortality and the scarcity of studies that quantify the efficacy of control measures such as bat culling. Collaborations between researchers and managers will be crucial to implement the next generation of rabies management in Latin America.
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- 2020
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15. Spatial Inequality Hides the Burden of Dog Bites and the Risk of Dog-Mediated Human Rabies.
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De la Puente-León M, Levy MZ, Toledo AM, Recuenco S, Shinnick J, and Castillo-Neyra R
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- Adult, Animals, Bites and Stings virology, Demography, Dog Diseases virology, Dogs, Epidemiological Monitoring, Female, Health Facilities, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peru epidemiology, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis statistics & numerical data, Rabies virology, Risk, Surveys and Questionnaires, Urban Population, Zoonoses, Bites and Stings epidemiology, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Patient Acceptance of Health Care statistics & numerical data, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies Vaccines therapeutic use, Socioeconomic Factors
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Since its reintroduction in 2015, rabies has been established as an enzootic disease among the dog population of Arequipa, Peru. Given the unknown rate of dog bites, the risk of human rabies transmission is concerning. Our objective was to estimate the rate of dog bites in the city and to identify factors associated with seeking health care in a medical facility for wound care and rabies prevention follow-up. To this end, we conducted a door-to-door survey with 4,370 adults in 21 urban and 21 peri-urban communities. We then analyzed associations between seeking health care following dog bites and various socioeconomic factors, stratifying by urban and peri-urban localities. We found a high annual rate of dog bites in peri-urban communities (12.4%), which was 2.6 times higher than that in urban areas (4.8%). Among those who were bitten, the percentage of people who sought medical treatment was almost twice as high in urban areas (39.1%) as in peri-urban areas (21.4%).
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- 2020
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16. Bat and Lyssavirus Exposure among Humans in Area that Celebrates Bat Festival, Nigeria, 2010 and 2013.
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Vora NM, Osinubi MOV, Davis L, Abdurrahman M, Adedire EB, Akpan H, Aman-Oloniyo AF, Audu SW, Blau D, Dankoli RS, Ehimiyein AM, Ellison JA, Gbadegesin YH, Greenberg L, Haberling D, Hutson C, Idris JM, Kia GSN, Lawal M, Matthias SY, Mshelbwala PP, Niezgoda M, Ogunkoya AB, Ogunniyi AO, Okara GC, Olugasa BO, Ossai OP, Oyemakinde A, Person MK, Rupprecht CE, Saliman OA, Sani M, Sanni-Adeniyi OA, Satheshkumar PS, Smith TG, Soleye MO, Wallace RM, Yennan SK, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Holidays, Humans, Nigeria, Bites and Stings, Chiroptera, Lyssavirus genetics, Rhabdoviridae Infections epidemiology, Rhabdoviridae Infections veterinary
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Using questionnaires and serologic testing, we evaluated bat and lyssavirus exposure among persons in an area of Nigeria that celebrates a bat festival. Bats from festival caves underwent serologic testing for phylogroup II lyssaviruses (Lagos bat virus, Shimoni bat virus, Mokola virus). The enrolled households consisted of 2,112 persons, among whom 213 (10%) were reported to have ever had bat contact (having touched a bat, having been bitten by a bat, or having been scratched by a bat) and 52 (2%) to have ever been bitten by a bat. Of 203 participants with bat contact, 3 (1%) had received rabies vaccination. No participant had neutralizing antibodies to phylogroup II lyssaviruses, but >50% of bats had neutralizing antibodies to these lyssaviruses. Even though we found no evidence of phylogroup II lyssavirus exposure among humans, persons interacting with bats in the area could benefit from practicing bat-related health precautions.
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- 2020
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17. Knowledge gaps about rabies transmission from vampire bats to humans.
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Brock Fenton M, Streicker DG, Racey PA, Tuttle MD, Medellin RA, Daley MJ, Recuenco S, and Bakker KM
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- Animals, Biomarkers, Humans, Phylogeny, Chiroptera, Rabies, Vaccines
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- 2020
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18. Human Exposure to Novel Bartonella Species from Contact with Fruit Bats.
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Bai Y, Osinubi MOV, Osikowicz L, McKee C, Vora NM, Rizzo MR, Recuenco S, Davis L, Niezgoda M, Ehimiyein AM, Kia GSN, Oyemakinde A, Adeniyi OS, Gbadegesin YH, Saliman OA, Ogunniyi A, Ogunkoya AB, and Kosoy MY
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- Animals, Bartonella Infections epidemiology, DNA, Bacterial, Diptera microbiology, Genotype, Humans, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Bartonella classification, Bartonella genetics, Bartonella Infections microbiology, Bartonella Infections transmission, Chiroptera microbiology
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Twice a year in southwestern Nigeria, during a traditional bat festival, community participants enter designated caves to capture bats, which are then consumed for food or traded. We investigated the presence of Bartonella species in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) from these caves and assessed whether Bartonella infections had occurred in persons from the surrounding communities. Our results indicate that these bats and flies harbor Bartonella strains, which multilocus sequence typing indicated probably represent a novel Bartonella species, proposed as Bartonella rousetti. In serum from 8 of 204 persons, we detected antibodies to B. rousetti without cross-reactivity to other Bartonella species. This work suggests that bat-associated Bartonella strains might be capable of infecting humans.
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- 2018
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19. Spatiotemporal analysis of canine rabies in El Salvador: Violence and poverty as social factors of canine rabies.
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Arias-Orozco P, Bástida-González F, Cruz L, Villatoro J, Espinoza E, Zárate-Segura PB, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Dogs, El Salvador epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Poverty, Rabies epidemiology, Violence
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Background: The incidence of canine rabies cases in El Salvador has decreased in the last decade since the establishment of intense control programs, such as massive vaccination campaigns implemented by the Ministry of Health. Socioeconomic crises in recent years have limited the access to certain areas across the country and have impacted surveillance and prevention campaigns, which places the country at risk for a resurgence of canine rabies.We aimedto describe the spatiotemporal patterns of canine rabies and its association with critical social factors in El Salvador from 2005 to 2014., Method: We included 459 cases of canine rabies. Several socioeconomic, demographic, and surveillance variables were modeled using a Poisson regression to evaluate their associations with the incidence of canine rabies. Spatial scan statistics were adjusted or unadjusted with covariates and applied to identify statistically significant clusters of canine rabies. Finally, a canine rabies risk map was created., Results: A positive association and higher risk of canine rabies were found for low poverty zones, where it is suspected that urban slums contribute to ongoing rabies transmission (RR = 7.74). Violence had a negative association with rabies (RR = 0.663), which is likely due to reporting bias. Significant clusters were identified in all five epidemiological regions, and the Eastern region had the highest risk (RR = 50.62). The influences of the selected variables in cluster detection were confirmed by the adjusted analysis. Higher-risk townships were distributed from the Western to the Eastern regions of the country., Conclusion: Social factors are determinants of rabies in El Salvador and play a major role in national spatial patterns of the disease. There are high-risk areas for canine rabies across the country, and there were two persistent rabies foci during the study period. Examining the role of social factors can provide better insight into rabies in vulnerable countries, and socioeconomic factors can be key elements in developing better policies and interventions for rabies control., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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- 2018
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20. The influence of poverty and rabies knowledge on healthcare seeking behaviors and dog ownership, Cameroon.
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Barbosa Costa G, Gilbert A, Monroe B, Blanton J, Ngam Ngam S, Recuenco S, and Wallace R
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- Adult, Animals, Cameroon, Dog Diseases psychology, Dog Diseases virology, Dogs, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Ownership, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Poverty, Rabies psychology, Rabies veterinary, Rabies virology, Rabies virus pathogenicity, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies Vaccines therapeutic use
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Background: Rabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by lyssaviruses, with most human cases worldwide resulting from rabid dog bites. Although effective animal and human vaccines have been available for over 100 years, control efforts have not been adequately implemented on the global scale and rabies remains one of the greatest global zoonotic threats to human health. We conducted a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey in Northern Cameroon to describe dog ownership characteristics, rates of dog bites, and post-bite healthcare seeking behaviors., Methods: The survey was performed in four rural Cameroonian communities. A structured community-based questionnaire was conducted over a 20-day period in April 2010, and focused on socio-economic factors correlated with gaps in rabies knowledge. Information pertaining to socio-demographics, as well as attitudes and practices with regard to animal bites and bite treatment practices were recorded. Characteristics of dog ownership such as dog confinement, resources provided to dogs, and dog vaccination status were examined. Human to dog ratios were compared on a linear scale to poverty scores by community. When applicable, 2-tailed Chi-square tests or Fisher's exact tests were calculated to determine relationships between variables. We also used One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to identify associations between rabies knowledge and wealth with dog ownership, dog vaccination, and human healthcare seeking behaviors. Independent variables were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression analysis., Results: A total of 208 households were enrolled. Respondents were predominantly male (68.3%), with a median age of 43.6 years. Eighty-four households (39.9%) reported owning a total of 141 dogs (human dog ratio 10.4:1). The majority of dogs (61%) were allowed to roam freely. A history of rabies vaccination was reported for 30.8% of owned dogs. Respondents reported 11 bites during the two years preceding the survey (annual bite incidence was 2.6% [95% CI 1.4%- 4.6%]). Only one person (9.1%) received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), and none described symptoms of clinical illness consistent with rabies. Respondents who indicated that they would seek medical care and PEP after a dog bite had higher average wealth and rabies knowledge index scores (p = 0.01 and 0.04, respectively). Respondents who indicated that they would seek care from a traditional healer had significantly lower wealth scores, but not significantly different knowledge scores (p < 0.01 and p = 0.49, respectively)., Conclusions: In the communities evaluated, the majority of dogs were allowed to roam freely and had no history of rabies vaccination; factors that favor enzootic transmission of canine rabies virus. We also identified a strong relationship between poverty and dog ownership. Bite events were relatively common among respondents, and very few victims reported utilizing health services to treat wounds. Increased wealth and knowledge were significantly associated with increased likelihood that a respondent would seek medical care and post-exposure prophylaxis. These findings indicate the need for educational outreach to raise awareness of dog rabies and proper prevention measures., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- 2018
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21. Modeling Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Habitat Connectivity to Identify Potential Corridors for Rabies Spread.
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Algeo TP, Slate D, Caron RM, Atwood T, Recuenco S, Ducey MJ, Chipman RB, and Palace M
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services National Rabies Management Program has conducted cooperative oral rabies vaccination (ORV) programs since 1997. Understanding the eco-epidemiology of raccoon ( Procyon lotor ) variant rabies (raccoon rabies) is critical to successful management. Pine ( Pinus spp.)-dominated landscapes generally support low relative raccoon densities that may inhibit rabies spread. However, confounding landscape features, such as wetlands and human development, represent potentially elevated risk corridors for rabies spread, possibly imperiling enhanced rabies surveillance and ORV planning. Raccoon habitat suitability in pine-dominated landscapes in Massachusetts, Florida, and Alabama was modeled by the maximum entropy (Maxent) procedure using raccoon presence, and landscape and environmental data. Replicated ( n = 100/state) bootstrapped Maxent models based on raccoon sampling locations from 2012⁻2014 indicated that soil type was the most influential variable in Alabama (permutation importance PI = 38.3), which, based on its relation to landcover type and resource distribution and abundance, was unsurprising. Precipitation (PI = 46.9) and temperature (PI = 52.1) were the most important variables in Massachusetts and Florida, but these possibly spurious results require further investigation. The Alabama Maxent probability surface map was ingested into Circuitscape for conductance visualizations of potential areas of habitat connectivity. Incorporating these and future results into raccoon rabies containment and elimination strategies could result in significant cost-savings for rabies management here and elsewhere., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Please note that Richard B. Chipman is the current National Rabies Management Coordinator for the USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Rabies Management Program, and Dennis Slate is the former National Rabies Management Coordinator; both indirectly provided discretionary Federal funding to support field work.
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- 2017
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22. A single center, open label study of intradermal administration of an inactivated purified chick embryo cell culture rabies virus vaccine in adults.
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Recuenco S, Warnock E, Osinubi MOV, and Rupprecht CE
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- Adult, Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing blood, Antibodies, Viral immunology, Cell Culture Techniques, Chick Embryo, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Female, Humans, Immunization, Secondary, Injections, Intradermal, Injections, Intramuscular, Male, Middle Aged, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis methods, Rabies Vaccines adverse effects, Rabies virus growth & development, Rabies virus immunology, Rabies virus isolation & purification, Vaccination, Vaccines, Inactivated administration & dosage, Vaccines, Inactivated adverse effects, Vaccines, Inactivated immunology, Immunogenicity, Vaccine, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage, Rabies Vaccines immunology
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In the USA, rabies vaccines (RVs) are licensed for intramuscular (IM) use only, although RVs are licensed for use by the intradermal (ID) route in many other countries. Recent limitations in supplies of RV in the USA reopened discussions on the more efficient use of available biologics, including utilization of more stringent risk assessments, and potential ID RV administration. A clinical trial was designed to compare the immunogenic and adverse effects of a purified chicken embryo cell (PCEC) RV administered ID or IM. Enrollment was designed in four arms, ID Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Pre-EP), IM Pre-EP, ID Booster, and IM Booster vaccination. Enrollment included 130 adult volunteers. The arms with IM administration received vaccine according to the current ACIP recommendations: Pre-EP, three 1mL (2.5 I.U.) RV doses, each on day 0, 7, and 21; or a routine Booster, one 1ml dose. The ID groups received the same schedule, but doses administered were in a volume of 0.1mL (0.25 I.U.). The rate of increase in rabies virus neutralizing antibody titers 14-21days after vaccination were similar in the ID and correspondent IM groups. The GMT values for ID vaccination were slightly lower than those for IM vaccination, for both naïve and booster groups, and these differences were statistically significant by t-test. Fourteen days after completing vaccination, all individuals developed RV neutralizing antibody titers over the minimum arbitrary value obtained with the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). Antibodies were over the set threshold until the end of the trial, 160days after completed vaccination. No serious adverse reactions were reported. Most frequent adverse reactions were erythema, induration and tenderness, localized at the site of injection. Multi use of 1mL rabies vaccine vials for ID doses of 0.1 was demonstrated to be both safe and inmunogenic., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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23. The impact of poverty on dog ownership and access to canine rabies vaccination: results from a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey, Uganda 2013.
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Wallace RM, Mehal J, Nakazawa Y, Recuenco S, Bakamutumaho B, Osinubi M, Tugumizemu V, Blanton JD, Gilbert A, and Wamala J
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- Adult, Animals, Dogs, Humans, Middle Aged, Ownership statistics & numerical data, Uganda, Vaccination statistics & numerical data, Young Adult, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Services Accessibility statistics & numerical data, Poverty statistics & numerical data, Rabies prevention & control, Vaccination veterinary
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Background: Rabies is a neglected disease despite being responsible for more human deaths than any other zoonosis. A lack of adequate human and dog surveillance, resulting in low prioritization, is often blamed for this paradox. Estimation methods are often employed to describe the rabies burden when surveillance data are not available, however these figures are rarely based on country-specific data., Methods: In 2013 a knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey was conducted in Uganda to understand dog population, rabies vaccination, and human rabies risk factors and improve in-country and regional rabies burden estimates. Poisson and multi-level logistic regression techniques were conducted to estimate the total dog population and vaccination coverage., Results: Twenty-four villages were selected, of which 798 households completed the survey, representing 4 375 people. Dog owning households represented 12.9% of the population, for which 175 dogs were owned (25 people per dog). A history of vaccination was reported in 55.6% of owned dogs. Poverty and human population density highly correlated with dog ownership, and when accounted for in multi-level regression models, the human to dog ratio fell to 47:1 and the estimated national canine-rabies vaccination coverage fell to 36.1%. This study estimates there are 729 486 owned dogs in Uganda (95% CI: 719 919 - 739 053). Ten percent of survey respondents provided care to dogs they did not own, however unowned dog populations were not enumerated in this estimate. 89.8% of Uganda's human population was estimated to reside in a community that can support enzootic canine rabies transmission., Conclusions: This study is the first to comprehensively evaluate the effect of poverty on dog ownership in Africa. These results indicate that describing a dog population may not be as simple as applying a human: dog ratio, and factors such as poverty are likely to heavily influence dog ownership and vaccination coverage. These modelled estimates should be confirmed through further field studies, however, if validated, canine rabies elimination through mass vaccination may not be as difficult as previously considered in Uganda. Data derived from this study should be considered to improve models for estimating the in-country and regional rabies burden.
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24. Pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis: a systematic review.
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Kessels JA, Recuenco S, Navarro-Vela AM, Deray R, Vigilato M, Ertl H, Durrheim D, Rees H, Nel LH, Abela-Ridder B, and Briggs D
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- Age Factors, Animals, Bites and Stings virology, Chiroptera, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Dogs, Health Services economics, Health Services statistics & numerical data, Humans, Immunization Programs, Immunization Schedule, Models, Econometric, Peru, Philippines, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Developing Countries, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage, Rabies Vaccines economics
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Objective: To review the safety and immunogenicity of pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis (including accelerated schedules, co-administration with other vaccines and booster doses), its cost-effectiveness and recommendations for use, particularly in high-risk settings., Methods: We searched the PubMed, Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Cochrane Library and Web of Science databases for papers on pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis published between 2007 and 29 January 2016. We reviewed field data from pre-exposure prophylaxis campaigns in Peru and the Philippines., Findings: Pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis was safe and immunogenic in children and adults, also when co-administered with routine childhood vaccinations and the Japanese encephalitis vaccine. The evidence available indicates that shorter regimens and regimens involving fewer doses are safe and immunogenic and that booster intervals could be extended up to 10 years. The few studies on cost suggest that, at current vaccine and delivery costs, pre-exposure prophylaxis campaigns would not be cost-effective in most situations. Although pre-exposure prophylaxis has been advocated for high-risk populations, only Peru and the Philippines have implemented appropriate national programmes. In the future, accelerated regimens and novel vaccines could simplify delivery and increase affordability., Conclusion: Pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis is safe and immunogenic and should be considered: (i) where access to postexposure prophylaxis is limited or delayed; (ii) where the risk of exposure is high and may go unrecognized; and (iii) where controlling rabies in the animal reservoir is difficult. Pre-exposure prophylaxis should not distract from canine vaccination efforts, provision of postexposure prophylaxis or education to increase rabies awareness in local communities.
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25. Host-pathogen evolutionary signatures reveal dynamics and future invasions of vampire bat rabies.
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Streicker DG, Winternitz JC, Satterfield DA, Condori-Condori RE, Broos A, Tello C, Recuenco S, Velasco-Villa A, Altizer S, and Valderrama W
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- Animals, Bayes Theorem, Genome, Viral, Geography, Inheritance Patterns genetics, Male, Microsatellite Repeats genetics, Peru epidemiology, Rabies virus genetics, Seasons, Biological Evolution, Chiroptera virology, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Rabies epidemiology
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Anticipating how epidemics will spread across landscapes requires understanding host dispersal events that are notoriously difficult to measure. Here, we contrast host and virus genetic signatures to resolve the spatiotemporal dynamics underlying geographic expansions of vampire bat rabies virus (VBRV) in Peru. Phylogenetic analysis revealed recent viral spread between populations that, according to extreme geographic structure in maternally inherited host mitochondrial DNA, appeared completely isolated. In contrast, greater population connectivity in biparentally inherited nuclear microsatellites explained the historical limits of invasions, suggesting that dispersing male bats spread VBRV between genetically isolated female populations. Host nuclear DNA further indicated unanticipated gene flow through the Andes mountains connecting the VBRV-free Pacific coast to the VBRV-endemic Amazon rainforest. By combining Bayesian phylogeography with landscape resistance models, we projected invasion routes through northern Peru that were validated by real-time livestock rabies mortality data. The first outbreaks of VBRV on the Pacific coast of South America could occur by June 2020, which would have serious implications for agriculture, wildlife conservation, and human health. Our results show that combining host and pathogen genetic data can identify sex biases in pathogen spatial spread, which may be a widespread but underappreciated phenomenon, and demonstrate that genetic forecasting can aid preparedness for impending viral invasions., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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26. Willingness to Pay for Dog Rabies Vaccine and Registration in Ilocos Norte, Philippines (2012).
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Birhane MG, Miranda ME, Dyer JL, Blanton JD, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Data Collection, Disease Eradication, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dogs, Female, Humans, Male, Ownership, Philippines epidemiology, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines economics, Vaccination veterinary, Zoonoses, Dog Diseases prevention & control, Rabies veterinary, Rabies Vaccines immunology
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Background: The Philippines is one of the developing countries highly affected by rabies. Dog vaccination campaigns implemented through collaborative effort between the government and NGOs have played an important role in successfully reducing the burden of disease within the country. Nevertheless, rabies vaccination of the domestic animal population requires continuous commitment not only from governments and NGOs, but also from local communities that are directly affected by such efforts. To create such long-term sustained programs, the introduction of affordable dog vaccination and registration fees is essential and has been shown to be an important strategy in Bohol, Philippines. The aim of this study, therefore, was to estimate the average amount of money that individuals were willing to pay for dog vaccination and registration in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. This study also investigated some of the determinants of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP)., Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to 300 households in 17 municipalities (out of a total of 21) selected through a multi-stage cluster survey technique. At the time of the survey, Ilocos Norte had a population of approximately 568,017 and was predominantly rural. The Contingent Valuation Method was used to elicit WTP for dog rabies vaccination and registration. A 'bidding game' elicitation strategy that aims to find the maximum amount of money individuals were willing to pay was also employed. Data were collected using paper-based questionnaires. Linear regression was used to examine factors influencing participants' WTP for dog rabies vaccination and registration., Key Results: On average, Ilocos Norte residents were willing to pay 69.65 Philippine Pesos (PHP) (equivalent to 1.67 USD in 2012) for dog vaccination and 29.13PHP (0.70 USD) for dog registration. Eighty-six per cent of respondents were willing to pay the stated amount to vaccinate each of their dogs, annually. This study also found that WTP was influenced by demographic and knowledge factors. Among these, we found that age, income, participants' willingness to commit to pay each year, municipality of residency, knowledge of the signs of rabies in dogs, and number of dogs owed significantly predicted WTP.
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27. Correction: Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies.
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Hampson K, Coudeville L, Lembo T, Sambo M, Kieffer A, Attlan M, Barrat J, Blanton JD, Briggs DJ, Cleaveland S, Costa P, Freuling CM, Hiby E, Knopf L, Leanes F, Meslin FX, Metlin A, Miranda ME, Müller T, Nel LH, Recuenco S, Rupprecht CE, Schumacher C, Taylor L, Antonio M, Vigilato N, Zinsstag J, and Dushoff J
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28. Virology, immunology and pathology of human rabies during treatment.
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Caicedo Y, Paez A, Kuzmin I, Niezgoda M, Orciari LA, Yager PA, Recuenco S, Franka R, Velasco-Villa A, and Willoughby RE Jr
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- Animals, Antibodies, Viral blood, Bites and Stings, Brain virology, Brain Edema virology, Cats, Child, Colombia, Disease Models, Animal, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Mice, Rabies virus immunology, Rabies immunology, Rabies physiopathology, Rabies therapy, Rabies virology
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Background: Rabies is an acute fatal encephalitis caused by all members of the Lyssavirus genus. The first human rabies survivor without benefit of prior vaccination was reported from Milwaukee in 2005. We report a second unvaccinated patient who showed early recovery from rabies and then died accidentally during convalescence, providing an unparalleled opportunity to examine the histopathology as well as immune and virological correlates of early recovery from human rabies., Methods: Case report, rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, indirect and direct fluorescent antibody assays, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, phylogenetic reconstruction, isolation in tissue culture, pathology and immunohistochemistry., Results: The 9 year old died 76 days after presenting with rabies of vampire bat phylogeny transmitted by cat bite. Antibody response in serum and cerebrospinal fluid was robust and associated with severe cerebral edema. No rabies virus was cultured at autopsy. Rabies virus antigen was atypical in size and distribution. Rabies virus genome was present in neocortex but absent in brainstem., Conclusions: Clinical recovery was associated with detection of neutralizing antibody and clearance of infectious rabies virus in the central nervous system by 76 days but not clearance of detectable viral subcomponents such as nucleoprotein antigen or RNA in brain.
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29. Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies.
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Hampson K, Coudeville L, Lembo T, Sambo M, Kieffer A, Attlan M, Barrat J, Blanton JD, Briggs DJ, Cleaveland S, Costa P, Freuling CM, Hiby E, Knopf L, Leanes F, Meslin FX, Metlin A, Miranda ME, Müller T, Nel LH, Recuenco S, Rupprecht CE, Schumacher C, Taylor L, Vigilato MA, Zinsstag J, and Dushoff J
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- Animals, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dog Diseases prevention & control, Dogs, Global Health, Humans, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis economics, Public Health economics, Rabies economics, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines economics, Vaccination economics, Dog Diseases virology, Endemic Diseases veterinary, Rabies veterinary, Rabies Vaccines immunology
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Background: Rabies is a notoriously underreported and neglected disease of low-income countries. This study aims to estimate the public health and economic burden of rabies circulating in domestic dog populations, globally and on a country-by-country basis, allowing an objective assessment of how much this preventable disease costs endemic countries., Methodology/principal Findings: We established relationships between rabies mortality and rabies prevention and control measures, which we incorporated into a model framework. We used data derived from extensive literature searches and questionnaires on disease incidence, control interventions and preventative measures within this framework to estimate the disease burden. The burden of rabies impacts on public health sector budgets, local communities and livestock economies, with the highest risk of rabies in the poorest regions of the world. This study estimates that globally canine rabies causes approximately 59,000 (95% Confidence Intervals: 25-159,000) human deaths, over 3.7 million (95% CIs: 1.6-10.4 million) disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and 8.6 billion USD (95% CIs: 2.9-21.5 billion) economic losses annually. The largest component of the economic burden is due to premature death (55%), followed by direct costs of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP, 20%) and lost income whilst seeking PEP (15.5%), with only limited costs to the veterinary sector due to dog vaccination (1.5%), and additional costs to communities from livestock losses (6%)., Conclusions/significance: This study demonstrates that investment in dog vaccination, the single most effective way of reducing the disease burden, has been inadequate and that the availability and affordability of PEP needs improving. Collaborative investments by medical and veterinary sectors could dramatically reduce the current large, and unnecessary, burden of rabies on affected communities. Improved surveillance is needed to reduce uncertainty in burden estimates and to monitor the impacts of control efforts.
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30. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding rabies and exposure to bats in two rural communities in Guatemala.
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Moran D, Juliao P, Alvarez D, Lindblade KA, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Petersen B, Rupprecht C, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Cross-Sectional Studies, Guatemala epidemiology, Humans, Chiroptera, Disease Vectors, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Rabies transmission
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Background: Rabies is a fatal encephalitis caused by rabies virus, of the genus Lyssavirus. The principal reservoir for rabies in Latin America is the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), which feeds routinely on the blood of cattle, and when livestock are scarce, may prey on other mammals, including humans. Although rabies is endemic in common vampire bat populations in Guatemala, there is limited research on the extent of exposure to bats among human populations living near bat refuges., Results: A random sample of 270 of 473 households (57%) in two communities located within 2 Km of a known bat roost was selected and one adult from each household was interviewed. Exposure to bats (bites, scratches or bare skin contact) was reported by 96 (6%) of the 1,721 residents among the selected households. Of those exposed, 40% received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis. Four percent of household respondents reported that they would seek rabies post exposure prophylaxis if they were bitten by a bat., Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that exposure to bats in communities near bat roosts is common but recognition of the potential for rabies transmission from bats is low. There is a need for educational outreach to raise awareness of bat-associated rabies, prevent exposures to bats and ensure appropriate health-seeking behaviours for bat-inflicted wounds, particularly among communities living near bat roosts in Guatemala.
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31. Bat rabies in Guatemala.
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Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Recuenco S, Moran D, Alvarez DA, Kuzmina N, Garcia DL, Peruski LF, Mendonça MT, Lindblade KA, and Rupprecht CE
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- Animal Structures virology, Animals, Cluster Analysis, Female, Guatemala epidemiology, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rabies epidemiology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Viral Structural Proteins genetics, Chiroptera virology, Rabies veterinary, Rabies virus isolation & purification
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Rabies in bats is considered enzootic throughout the New World, but few comparative data are available for most countries in the region. As part of a larger pathogen detection program, enhanced bat rabies surveillance was conducted in Guatemala, between 2009 and 2011. A total of 672 bats of 31 species were sampled and tested for rabies. The prevalence of rabies virus (RABV) detection among all collected bats was low (0.3%). Viral antigens were detected and infectious virus was isolated from the brains of two common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). RABV was also isolated from oral swabs, lungs and kidneys of both bats, whereas viral RNA was detected in all of the tissues examined by hemi-nested RT-PCR except for the liver of one bat. Sequencing of the nucleoprotein gene showed that both viruses were 100% identical, whereas sequencing of the glycoprotein gene revealed one non-synonymous substitution (302T,S). The two vampire bat RABV isolates in this study were phylogenetically related to viruses associated with vampire bats in the eastern states of Mexico and El Salvador. Additionally, 7% of sera collected from 398 bats demonstrated RABV neutralizing antibody. The proportion of seropositive bats varied significantly across trophic guilds, suggestive of complex intraspecific compartmentalization of RABV perpetuation.
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32. Rabies death attributed to exposure in Central America with symptom onset in a U.S. detention facility - Texas, 2013.
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Wallace RM, Bhavnani D, Russell J, Zaki S, Muehlenbachs A, Hayden-Pinneri K, Aplícano RM, Peruski L, Vora NM, Balter S, Elson D, Lederman E, Leeson B, McLaughlin T, Waterman S, Fonseca-Ford M, Blanton J, Franka R, Velasco-Villa A, Niezgoda M, Orciari L, Recuenco S, Damon I, Hanlon C, Jackson F, Dyer J, Wadhwa A, and Robinson L
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- Adult, Fatal Outcome, Guatemala ethnology, Humans, Male, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Public Health Practice, Rabies prevention & control, Risk Assessment, Texas, Environmental Exposure adverse effects, Prisons, Rabies diagnosis
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On June 7, 2013, a man was diagnosed in a Texas hospital with rabies. He had been detained in a U.S. detention facility during his infectious period. To identify persons exposed to rabies who might require rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) conducted investigations at four detention facilities, one medical clinic, and two hospitals. In all, 25 of 742 persons assessed for rabies exposure were advised to receive PEP. Early diagnosis of rabies is essential for implementation of appropriate hospital infection control measures and for rapid assessment of potential contacts for PEP recommendations.
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33. Assessment of potential zoonotic disease exposure and illness related to an annual bat festival--Idanre, Nigeria.
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Vora NM, Osinubi M, Wallace RM, Aman-Oloniyo A, Gbadegesin YH, Sebastian YK, Saliman OA, Niezgoda M, Davis L, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Bites and Stings epidemiology, Caves, Disease Reservoirs virology, Humans, Male, Nigeria epidemiology, Risk Assessment, Virus Diseases epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries epidemiology, Chiroptera virology, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Holidays, Virus Diseases transmission, Zoonoses
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Bats provide vital ecologic services that humans benefit from, such as seed dispersal and pest control, and are a food source for some human populations. However, bats also are reservoirs for a number of high-consequence zoonoses, including paramyxoviruses, filoviruses, and lyssaviruses. The variety of viruses that bats harbor might be related to their evolutionary diversity, ability to fly large distances, long lifespans, and gregarious roosting behaviors. Every year a festival takes place in Idanre, Nigeria, in which males of all ages enter designated caves to capture bats; persons are forbidden from entering the caves outside of these festivities. Festival participants use a variety of techniques to capture bats, but protective equipment rarely is used, placing hunters at risk for bat scratches and bites. Many captured bats are prepared as food, but some are transported to markets in other parts of the country for sale as bushmeat. Bats also are presented to dignitaries in elaborate rituals. The health consequences of contact with these bats are unknown, but a number of viruses have been previously identified among Nigerian bats, including lyssaviruses, pegiviruses, and coronaviruses. Furthermore, the caves are home to Rousettus aegyptiacus bats, which are reservoirs for Marburg virus in other parts of Africa.
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34. Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation.
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Vora NM, Basavaraju SV, Feldman KA, Paddock CD, Orciari L, Gitterman S, Griese S, Wallace RM, Said M, Blau DM, Selvaggi G, Velasco-Villa A, Ritter J, Yager P, Kresch A, Niezgoda M, Blanton J, Stosor V, Falta EM, Lyon GM 3rd, Zembower T, Kuzmina N, Rohatgi PK, Recuenco S, Zaki S, Damon I, Franka R, and Kuehnert MJ
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- Animals, Humans, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rabies diagnosis, Rabies physiopathology, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines therapeutic use, Rabies virus isolation & purification, Raccoons virology, Retrospective Studies, Infectious Disease Incubation Period, Kidney Transplantation adverse effects, Rabies transmission, Rabies virus genetics, Tissue Donors
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Importance: The rabies virus causes a fatal encephalitis and can be transmitted through tissue or organ transplantation. In February 2013, a kidney recipient with no reported exposures to potentially rabid animals died from rabies 18 months after transplantation., Objectives: To investigate whether organ transplantation was the source of rabies virus exposure in the kidney recipient, and to evaluate for and prevent rabies in other transplant recipients from the same donor., Design: Organ donor and all transplant recipient medical records were reviewed. Laboratory tests to detect rabies virus-specific binding antibodies, rabies virus neutralizing antibodies, and rabies virus antigens were conducted on available specimens, including serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and tissues from the donor and the recipients. Viral ribonucleic acid was extracted from tissues and amplified for nucleoprotein gene sequencing for phylogenetic comparisons., Main Outcomes and Measures: Determination of whether the donor died from undiagnosed rabies and whether other organ recipients developed rabies., Results: In retrospect, the donor's clinical presentation (which began with vomiting and upper extremity paresthesias and progressed to fever, seizures, dysphagia, autonomic dysfunction, and brain death) was consistent with rabies. Rabies virus antigen was detected in archived autopsy brain tissue collected from the donor. The rabies viruses infecting the donor and the deceased kidney recipient were consistent with the raccoon rabies virus variant and were more than 99.9% identical across the entire N gene (1349/1350 nucleotides), thus confirming organ transplantation as the route of transmission. The 3 other organ recipients remained asymptomatic, with rabies virus neutralizing antibodies detected in their serum after completion of postexposure prophylaxis (range, 0.3-40.8 IU/mL)., Conclusions and Relevance: Unlike the 2 previous clusters of rabies virus transmission through solid organ transplantation, there was a long incubation period in the recipient who developed rabies, and survival of 3 other recipients without pretransplant rabies vaccination. Rabies should be considered in patients with acute progressive encephalitis of unexplained etiology, especially for potential organ donors. A standard evaluation of potential donors who meet screening criteria for infectious encephalitis should be considered, and risks and benefits for recipients of organs from these donors should be evaluated.
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35. Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses.
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Quan PL, Firth C, Conte JM, Williams SH, Zambrana-Torrelio CM, Anthony SJ, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Osinubi MO, Recuenco S, Markotter W, Breiman RF, Kalemba L, Malekani J, Lindblade KA, Rostal MK, Ojeda-Flores R, Suzan G, Davis LB, Blau DM, Ogunkoya AB, Alvarez Castillo DA, Moran D, Ngam S, Akaibe D, Agwanda B, Briese T, Epstein JH, Daszak P, Rupprecht CE, Holmes EC, and Lipkin WI
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Bayes Theorem, Codon, Disease Reservoirs virology, Genetic Variation, Genome, Viral, Geography, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Virus Diseases veterinary, Chiroptera virology, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Flaviviridae genetics, Hepacivirus genetics, Virus Diseases virology
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Although there are over 1,150 bat species worldwide, the diversity of viruses harbored by bats has only recently come into focus as a result of expanded wildlife surveillance. Such surveys are of importance in determining the potential for novel viruses to emerge in humans, and for optimal management of bats and their habitats. To enhance our knowledge of the viral diversity present in bats, we initially surveyed 415 sera from African and Central American bats. Unbiased high-throughput sequencing revealed the presence of a highly diverse group of bat-derived viruses related to hepaciviruses and pegiviruses within the family Flaviridae. Subsequent PCR screening of 1,258 bat specimens collected worldwide indicated the presence of these viruses also in North America and Asia. A total of 83 bat-derived viruses were identified, representing an infection rate of nearly 5%. Evolutionary analyses revealed that all known hepaciviruses and pegiviruses, including those previously documented in humans and other primates, fall within the phylogenetic diversity of the bat-derived viruses described here. The prevalence, unprecedented viral biodiversity, phylogenetic divergence, and worldwide distribution of the bat-derived viruses suggest that bats are a major and ancient natural reservoir for both hepaciviruses and pegiviruses and provide insights into the evolutionary history of hepatitis C virus and the human GB viruses.
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36. Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae.
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Tao Y, Shi M, Conrardy C, Kuzmin IV, Recuenco S, Agwanda B, Alvarez DA, Ellison JA, Gilbert AT, Moran D, Niezgoda M, Lindblade KA, Holmes EC, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE, and Tong S
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- Animals, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Viral chemistry, Guatemala, Kenya, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polyomavirus classification, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Chiroptera virology, DNA, Viral genetics, Evolution, Molecular, Genetic Variation, Genome, Viral, Polyomavirus genetics, Polyomavirus isolation & purification
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Polyomaviruses (PyVs) have been identified in a wide range of avian and mammalian species. However, little is known about their occurrence, genetic diversity and evolutionary history in bats, even though bats are important reservoirs for many emerging viral pathogens. This study screened 380 specimens from 35 bat species from Kenya and Guatemala for the presence of PyVs by semi-nested pan-PyV PCR assays. PyV DNA was detected in 24 of the 380 bat specimens. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the bat PyV sequences formed 12 distinct lineages. Full-genome sequences were obtained for seven representative lineages and possessed similar genomic features to known PyVs. Strikingly, this evolutionary analysis revealed that the bat PyVs were paraphyletic, suggestive of multiple species jumps between bats and other mammalian species, such that the theory of virus-host co-divergence for mammalian PyVs as a whole could be rejected. In addition, evidence was found for strong heterogeneity in evolutionary rate and potential recombination in a number of PyV complete genomes, which complicates both phylogenetic analysis and virus classification. In summary, this study revealed that bats are important reservoirs of PyVs and that these viruses have a complex evolutionary history.
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37. New world bats harbor diverse influenza A viruses.
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Tong S, Zhu X, Li Y, Shi M, Zhang J, Bourgeois M, Yang H, Chen X, Recuenco S, Gomez J, Chen LM, Johnson A, Tao Y, Dreyfus C, Yu W, McBride R, Carney PJ, Gilbert AT, Chang J, Guo Z, Davis CT, Paulson JC, Stevens J, Rupprecht CE, Holmes EC, Wilson IA, and Donis RO
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- Animals, Orthomyxoviridae Infections epidemiology, Orthomyxoviridae Infections veterinary, Peru epidemiology, Chiroptera virology, Disease Reservoirs virology, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus genetics, Influenza A virus genetics, Orthomyxoviridae Infections genetics, Phylogeny
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Aquatic birds harbor diverse influenza A viruses and are a major viral reservoir in nature. The recent discovery of influenza viruses of a new H17N10 subtype in Central American fruit bats suggests that other New World species may similarly carry divergent influenza viruses. Using consensus degenerate RT-PCR, we identified a novel influenza A virus, designated as H18N11, in a flat-faced fruit bat (Artibeus planirostris) from Peru. Serologic studies with the recombinant H18 protein indicated that several Peruvian bat species were infected by this virus. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that, in some gene segments, New World bats harbor more influenza virus genetic diversity than all other mammalian and avian species combined, indicative of a long-standing host-virus association. Structural and functional analyses of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase indicate that sialic acid is not a ligand for virus attachment nor a substrate for release, suggesting a unique mode of influenza A virus attachment and activation of membrane fusion for entry into host cells. Taken together, these findings indicate that bats constitute a potentially important and likely ancient reservoir for a diverse pool of influenza viruses.
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38. Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of rabies exposure in vampire bats: implications for transmission and control.
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Streicker DG, Recuenco S, Valderrama W, Gomez Benavides J, Vargas I, Pacheco V, Condori Condori RE, Montgomery J, Rupprecht CE, Rohani P, and Altizer S
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- Animal Husbandry, Animals, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique veterinary, Humans, Male, Peru epidemiology, Population Density, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies virology, Seasons, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Antibodies, Viral blood, Chiroptera, Livestock, Rabies transmission, Rabies veterinary, Rabies virus immunology, Rabies virus isolation & purification
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Despite extensive culling of common vampire bats in Latin America, lethal human rabies outbreaks transmitted by this species are increasingly recognized, and livestock rabies occurs with striking frequency. To identify the individual and population-level factors driving rabies virus (RV) transmission in vampire bats, we conducted a longitudinal capture-recapture study in 20 vampire bat colonies spanning four regions of Peru. Serology demonstrated the circulation of RV in vampire bats from all regions in all years. Seroprevalence ranged from 3 to 28 per cent and was highest in juvenile and sub-adult bats. RV exposure was independent of bat colony size, consistent with an absence of population density thresholds for viral invasion and extinction. Culling campaigns implemented during our study failed to reduce seroprevalence and were perhaps counterproductive for disease control owing to the targeted removal of adults, but potentially greater importance of juvenile and sub-adult bats for transmission. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms of RV maintenance in vampire bats and highlight the need for ecologically informed approaches to rabies prevention in Latin America.
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- 2012
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39. Genetic characterization of atypical Mansonella (Mansonella) ozzardi microfilariae in human blood samples from northeastern Peru.
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Marcos LA, Arrospide N, Recuenco S, Cabezas C, Weil GJ, and Fischer PU
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- Animals, DNA, Helminth genetics, Humans, Mansonella classification, Mansonella isolation & purification, Mansonelliasis blood, Microfilariae classification, Microfilariae isolation & purification, Peru, Phylogeny, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Helminth isolation & purification, Mansonella genetics, Mansonelliasis parasitology, Microfilariae genetics
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DNA sequence comparisons are useful for characterizing proposed new parasite species or strains. Microfilariae with an atypical arrangement of nuclei behind the cephalic space have been recently described in human blood samples from the Amazon region of Peru. Three blood specimens containing atypical microfilariae were genetically characterized using three DNA markers (5S ribosomal DNA, 12S ribosomal DNA, and cytochrome oxidase I). All atypical microfilariae were clustered into the Mansonella group and indistinguishable from M. ozzardi based on these DNA markers.
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- 2012
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40. Prevalence and diversity of Bartonella spp. in bats in Peru.
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Bai Y, Recuenco S, Gilbert AT, Osikowicz LM, Gómez J, Rupprecht C, and Kosoy MY
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- Animals, Bartonella genetics, Bartonella Infections epidemiology, Citrate (si)-Synthase genetics, Erythrocytes, Genetic Variation, Peru epidemiology, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Prevalence, Species Specificity, Bartonella classification, Bartonella isolation & purification, Bartonella Infections microbiology, Bartonella Infections veterinary, Chiroptera microbiology
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Bartonella infections were investigated in bats in the Amazon part of Peru. A total of 112 bats belonging to 19 species were surveyed. Bartonella bacteria were cultured from 24.1% of the bats (27/112). Infection rates ranged from 0% to 100% per bat species. Phylogenetic analyses of gltA of the Bartonella isolates revealed 21 genetic variants clustering into 13 divergent phylogroups. Some Bartonella strains were shared by bats of multiple species, and bats of some species were infected with multiple Bartonella strains, showing no evident specific Bartonella sp.-bat relationships. Rarely found in other bat species, the Bartonella strains of phylogroups I and III discovered from the common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) were more specific to the host bat species, suggesting some level of host specificity.
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- 2012
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41. Evaluation of a new serological technique for detecting rabies virus antibodies following vaccination.
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Ma X, Niezgoda M, Blanton JD, Recuenco S, and Rupprecht CE
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- Animals, Antibodies, Viral immunology, Dogs, Humans, Rabies immunology, Rabies prevention & control, Raccoons immunology, Raccoons virology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Vaccination, Antibodies, Viral blood, Neutralization Tests methods, Rabies diagnosis, Rabies Vaccines immunology, Rabies virus immunology
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Two major techniques are currently used to estimate rabies virus antibody values: neutralization assays, such as the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT), and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). The RFFIT is considered the gold standard assay and has been used to assess the titer of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies for more than three decades. In the late 1970s, ELISA began to be used to estimate the level of rabies virus antibody and has recently been used by some laboratories as an alternate screening test for animal sera. Although the ELISA appears simpler, safer and more efficient, the assay is less sensitive in detecting low values of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies than neutralization tests. This study was designed to evaluate a new ELISA-based method for detecting rabies virus binding antibody. This new technique uses electro-chemi-luminescence labels and carbon electrode plates to detect binding events. In this comparative study, the RFFIT and the new ELISA-based technique were used to evaluate the level of rabies virus antibodies in human and animal serum samples. By using a conservative approximation of 0.15 IU/ml as a cutoff point, the new ELISA-based technique demonstrated a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 95% for human samples and for experimental animal samples. The sensitivity and specificity for field animal samples was 96% and 95%, respectively. The preliminary results from this study appear promising and demonstrate a higher sensitivity than traditional ELISA methods., (Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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- 2012
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42. Evidence of rabies virus exposure among humans in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Gilbert AT, Petersen BW, Recuenco S, Niezgoda M, Gómez J, Laguna-Torres VA, and Rupprecht C
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Animals, Antibodies, Viral blood, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peru epidemiology, Rabies blood, Rabies epidemiology, Rural Population, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Young Adult, Zoonoses epidemiology, Chiroptera virology, Disease Outbreaks, Rabies virology, Rabies virus isolation & purification, Zoonoses virology
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In May of 2010, two communities (Truenococha and Santa Marta) reported to be at risk of vampire bat depredation were surveyed in the Province Datem del Marañón in the Loreto Department of Perú. Risk factors for bat exposure included age less than or equal to 25 years and owning animals that had been bitten by bats. Rabies virus neutralizing antibodies (rVNAs) were detected in 11% (7 of 63) of human sera tested. Rabies virus ribonucleoprotein (RNP) immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies were detected in the sera of three individuals, two of whom were also seropositive for rVNA. Rabies virus RNP IgM antibodies were detected in one respondent with no evidence of rVNA or RNP IgG antibodies. Because one respondent with positive rVNA results reported prior vaccination and 86% (six of seven) of rVNA-positive respondents reported being bitten by bats, these data suggest nonfatal exposure of persons to rabies virus, which is likely associated with vampire bat depredation.
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- 2012
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43. A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats.
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Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, Recuenco S, Ellison JA, Davis CT, York IA, Turmelle AS, Moran D, Rogers S, Shi M, Tao Y, Weil MR, Tang K, Rowe LA, Sammons S, Xu X, Frace M, Lindblade KA, Cox NJ, Anderson LJ, Rupprecht CE, and Donis RO
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- Animals, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases metabolism, Genes, Reporter genetics, Genome, Viral genetics, Geography, Guatemala, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus chemistry, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus genetics, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuraminidase chemistry, Neuraminidase genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Chiroptera virology, Influenza A virus genetics, Phylogeny
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Influenza A virus reservoirs in animals have provided novel genetic elements leading to the emergence of global pandemics in humans. Most influenza A viruses circulate in waterfowl, but those that infect mammalian hosts are thought to pose the greatest risk for zoonotic spread to humans and the generation of pandemic or panzootic viruses. We have identified an influenza A virus from little yellow-shouldered bats captured at two locations in Guatemala. It is significantly divergent from known influenza A viruses. The HA of the bat virus was estimated to have diverged at roughly the same time as the known subtypes of HA and was designated as H17. The neuraminidase (NA) gene is highly divergent from all known influenza NAs, and the internal genes from the bat virus diverged from those of known influenza A viruses before the estimated divergence of the known influenza A internal gene lineages. Attempts to propagate this virus in cell cultures and chicken embryos were unsuccessful, suggesting distinct requirements compared with known influenza viruses. Despite its divergence from known influenza A viruses, the bat virus is compatible for genetic exchange with human influenza viruses in human cells, suggesting the potential capability for reassortment and contributions to new pandemic or panzootic influenza A viruses.
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- 2012
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44. A spatial model to forecast raccoon rabies emergence.
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Recuenco S, Blanton JD, and Rupprecht CE
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- Animals, Appalachian Region epidemiology, Censuses, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Humans, Models, Biological, Population Surveillance, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies transmission, Rabies Vaccines, Regression Analysis, Risk Assessment, Rabies epidemiology, Raccoons virology
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Although raccoons are widely distributed throughout North America, the raccoon rabies virus variant is enzootic only in the eastern United States, based on current surveillance data. This variant of rabies virus is now responsible for >60% of all cases of animal rabies reported in the United States each year. Ongoing national efforts via an oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program are aimed at preventing the spread of raccoon rabies. However, from an epidemiologic perspective, the relative susceptibility of naïve geographic localities, adjacent to defined enzootic areas, to support an outbreak, is unknown. In the current study, we tested the ability of a spatial risk model to forecast raccoon rabies spread in presumably rabies-free and enzootic areas. Demographic, environmental, and geographical features of three adjacent states (Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania), which include distinct raccoon rabies free, as well as enzootic areas, were modeled by using a Poisson Regression Model, which had been developed from previous studies of enzootic raccoon rabies in New York State. We estimated susceptibility to raccoon rabies emergence at the census tract level and compared the results with historical surveillance data. Approximately 70% of the disease-free region had moderate to very high susceptibility, compared with 23% in the enzootic region. Areas of high susceptibility for raccoon rabies lie west of current ORV intervention areas, especially in southern Ohio and western West Virginia. Predicted high susceptibility areas matched historical surveillance data. We discuss model implications to the spatial dynamics and spread of raccoon rabies, and its application for designing more efficient disease control interventions.
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45. Bartonella spp. in Bats, Guatemala.
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Bai Y, Kosoy M, Recuenco S, Alvarez D, Moran D, Turmelle A, Ellison J, Garcia DL, Estevez A, Lindblade K, and Rupprecht C
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- Animal Diseases blood, Animal Diseases epidemiology, Animal Diseases transmission, Animals, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Bartonella classification, Bartonella isolation & purification, Chiroptera blood, Chiroptera classification, Disease Reservoirs, Genetic Variation, Guatemala, Humans, Phylogeny, Phylogeography, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Prevalence, Species Specificity, Animal Diseases microbiology, Bartonella genetics, Bartonella Infections blood, Bartonella Infections epidemiology, Bartonella Infections microbiology, Bartonella Infections transmission, Bartonella Infections veterinary, Chiroptera microbiology
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To better understand the role of bats as reservoirs of Bartonella spp., we estimated Bartonella spp. prevalence and genetic diversity in bats in Guatemala during 2009. We found prevalence of 33% and identified 21 genetic variants of 13 phylogroups. Vampire bat-associated Bartonella spp. may cause undiagnosed illnesses in humans.
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- 2011
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46. Time series analysis of the impact of oral vaccination on raccoon rabies in West Virginia, 1990-2007.
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Ma X, Blanton JD, Rathbun SL, Recuenco S, and Rupprecht CE
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- Administration, Oral, Animals, Animals, Wild, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies prevention & control, Seasons, Time Factors, West Virginia epidemiology, Rabies veterinary, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage, Rabies Vaccines immunology, Raccoons
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To assess the potential impact of oral rabies vaccination (ORV) on the occurrence of raccoon rabies in the mid-Atlantic region, temporal and seasonal trends of raccoon rabies cases reported in West Virginia from 1990 to 2007 were identified with both descriptive statistical analysis and exploratory time series analysis. Raccoon rabies cases in the non-ORV region maintain an enzootic pattern and increase over time; a bimodal seasonal pattern is observed with a large peak in April and a smaller peak in August. The results of the model indicate that the effect of the ORV intervention to control raccoon rabies was statistically significant. ORV should be attempted in other enzootic raccoon rabies areas.
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- 2010
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47. [The real significance of being bitten by a hematophagous bat in indigenous communities in the remote Peruvian Amazon].
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Gómez-Benavides J, Laguna-Torres VA, and Recuenco S
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- Animals, Humans, Peru, Bites and Stings epidemiology, Chiroptera, Indians, South American
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- 2010
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48. Seroconversion following incomplete human rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
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Robertson K, Recuenco S, Niezgoda M, Garcia EJ, and Rupprecht CE
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antibodies, Neutralizing blood, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Puerto Rico, Rabies immunology, Rabies virus immunology, Young Adult, Antibodies, Viral blood, Immunization Schedule, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis statistics & numerical data, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage
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In August 2008, CDC and the Puerto Rico Department of Health conducted a serosurvey of patients who had discontinued rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) prior to completing a schedule of five vaccine doses. The objective was to determine whether further vaccination of these patients was needed based on serum rabies neutralizing antibody levels. Eighteen patients consented to serology using the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test. The World Health Organization's cutoff value of 0.5 IU/mL was used as the basis for recommending PEP continuance, while complete virus neutralization at the 1:5 dilution indicated seroconversion per current Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices recommendations. Serum samples were collected a median of 147 days (range 24-215) after receipt of the last vaccine dose. Ten patients were recommended for PEP continuance for titers below 0.5 IU/mL; however, of 11 patients, 33% of 2-dose, 100% of 3-dose, and 100% of 4-dose patients exhibited seroconversion. These findings corroborate previous studies that suggest a less than five-dose rabies vaccine regimen elicits adequate immunogenicity against rabies., (Copyright © 2010. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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- 2010
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49. A clustering of immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy among swine abattoir workers exposed to aerosolized porcine brains, Indiana, United States.
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Adjemian JZ, Howell J, Holzbauer S, Harris J, Recuenco S, McQuiston J, Chester T, Lynfield R, Devries A, Belay E, and Sejvar J
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- Adult, Animals, Brain, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Indiana, Male, Middle Aged, Polyradiculoneuropathy immunology, Sus scrofa, Abattoirs, Aerosols adverse effects, Occupational Diseases etiology, Occupational Exposure, Polyradiculoneuropathy etiology
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In November 2007 a novel neuropathy, immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy (IP), was identified among workers at a Minnesota swine abattoir where a unique compressed air technique was used to remove porcine brains. An epidemiologic investigation at another abattoir in Indiana that also uses this process was launched to evaluate workers self-reporting neurologic illness compatible with IP. A nested case-control study was performed to identify cases and risk factors. Six confirmed, one probable, and three possible IP cases were detected. IP cases were 28-52 years old, of Latino origin, and 62.5% female. Onset dates ranged from April 2005-December 2007; 60% were hospitalized. IP cases at this plant were similar in clinical presentation and exposure risks to those detected in Minnesota. Swine abattoirs using similar brain extraction methods should discontinue this process.
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- 2009
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50. Factors associated with endemic raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies in terrestrial mammals in New York State, USA.
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Recuenco S, Eidson M, Cherry B, Kulldorff M, and Johnson G
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- Animals, Environment, Female, Male, New York epidemiology, Rabies epidemiology, Rabies prevention & control, Rabies Vaccines economics, Risk Factors, Sentinel Surveillance veterinary, Rabies veterinary, Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage, Raccoons virology, Risk Assessment
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This study evaluated characteristics associated with raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies in New York State (NYS), USA, where this disease has been endemic for the last 15 years. The study included 4448 cases of raccoon rabies in terrestrial mammals reported across 1639 census tracts of NYS during 1997-2003. A Poisson-regression model with census tract-year as the unit of analysis revealed a higher number of raccoon-variant rabies cases per square kilometer in census tracts with each percent increase in the proportion of low-intensity residential areas (those with a lower concentration of housing units) (RR=7.68) and a lack of rivers/lakes (RR=1.20) and major roads (RR=1.10), while the number of cases decreased with each 1-m increase in land elevation (RR=0.998), and each percent increase in the proportion of wetlands (RR=0.01). The model was adjusted for county, ecoregion, and latitude to help control for unknown spatially dependent covariates. The model may be used in prioritizing areas for rabies control based on differential risk, including use of costly intervention methods such as oral rabies vaccine.
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