Vessaly Kallo

TL;DR: The sub-region of West and Central Africa seems to be divided into countries which have accepted the challenge to eliminate rabies with governments committed to pushing forward rabies elimination, while other countries have achieved some progress, but elimination efforts remain stuck due to lacking government commitment and financial constraints.

TL;DR: The complementary elements of dog bite risk factors and the dog population estimate that are relevant for planning sustainable interventions are described, laying a foundation for public engagement and further steps for mass vaccination of the household dog population to reach vaccination coverage of at least 80%.

TL;DR: This work presents a complete protocol for field postmortem diagnosis of animal rabies using a rapid immunochromatographic diagnostic test (RIDT), from brain biopsy sampling to the final interpretation, and finds increased test sensitivity, reaching 98% compared to the gold standard reference method, the direct immunofluorescence antibody test.

TL;DR: The provision of equine RIG did not lead to a measurable reduction of rabies burden in Côte d'Ivoire, underlines that improved access to active vaccines will be effective in reducing rabies deaths even if access to eRIG remains difficult in developing countries.

TL;DR: The FPA did not perform well in tropical field conditions, possibly due to the high ambient temperatures in the slaughterhouse, and a difference in performance was noted in relation to the species tested, whereby the FPA seemed to perform better on sheep and goat samples, compared to cattle samples.