Rojas-Sereno, Z. E., Streicker, D. G. , Medina-Rodríguez, T. and Benavides, J. A. (2022) Drivers of spatial expansions of vampire bat rabies in Colombia. Viruses, 14(11), 2318. (doi: 10.3390/v14112318) (PMID:36366416) (PMCID:PMC9697077)
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Abstract
Spatial expansions of vampire bat-transmitted rabies (VBR) are increasing the risk of lethal infections in livestock and humans in Latin America. Identifying the drivers of these expansions could improve current approaches to surveillance and prevention. We aimed to identify if VBR spatial expansions are occurring in Colombia and test factors associated with these expansions. We analyzed 2336 VBR outbreaks in livestock reported to the National Animal Health Agency (Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario—ICA) affecting 297 municipalities from 2000–2019. The area affected by VBR changed through time and was correlated to the reported number of outbreaks each year. Consistent with spatial expansions, some municipalities reported VBR outbreaks for the first time each year and nearly half of the estimated infected area in 2010–2019 did not report outbreaks in the previous decade. However, the number of newly infected municipalities decreased between 2000–2019, suggesting decelerating spatial expansions. Municipalities infected later had lower cattle populations and were located further from the local reporting offices of the ICA. Reducing the VBR burden in Colombia requires improving vaccination coverage in both endemic and newly infected areas while improving surveillance capacity in increasingly remote areas with lower cattle populations where rabies is emerging.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | Analysis and writing work were funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) Beca Doctorado Nacional 21201076, awarded to Z.E.R.-S., D.G.S was supported by a Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship (217221/Z/19/Z). |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Streicker, Professor Daniel and Benavides, Dr Julio |
| Creator Roles: | Streicker, D. G.Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing, Supervision, Funding acquisition Benavides, J. A.Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing, Supervision, Funding acquisition |
| Authors: | Rojas-Sereno, Z. E., Streicker, D. G., Medina-Rodríguez, T., and Benavides, J. A. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Virus Research |
| Journal Name: | Viruses |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| ISSN: | 1999-4915 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1999-4915 |
| Published Online: | 22 October 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 by the authors |
| First Published: | First published in Viruses 14(11):2318 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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