MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WILD RABIES IN PERU

Rabies disease is probably one of the most neglected diseases by health services in those countries where it is categorized as endemic; however, studies conducted for many years and which we present in this document, show that wild rabies transmitted by hematophagous bats is more an emerging disease of slow course than an enzootic disease per se.The importance of rabies lies not only in the fact that it is a fatal disease for humans, domestic and wild (free-living) animals, for those of us who have had the opportunity to study it, its importance is centered on the opportunity that rabies provides to study epidemiology in a comprehensive manner. The approaches of ecosystem health, shared health or one world one health converge in a perfect way if we talk about rabies, for its prevention and control requires working with a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective. Analyzing the social determinants that allow the emergence of this disease of public health importance is a priority.

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Promotion in biomedizinischer Forschung und öffentlichem Gesundheitswesen an der Universdiad Autónoma de Barcelona. Master in Agrarwirtschaft Universidad Agraria La Molina. Doktor der Veterinärmedizin Nationale Universität von Cajamarca. Landwirtschaftsattaché an der peruanischen Botschaft in Japan, Direktor der Direktion für Epidemiologie des nationalen landwirtschaftlichen Gesundheitsdienstes von Peru.