ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025
Chasing rabies herd immunity: evaluating dog vaccination strategies and post-vaccination survey reliability in urban and peri-urban Bangladesh.
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- Delivery of canine rabies vaccination programme in Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
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Introduction: Mass dog vaccination (MDV) is essential for eliminating dog-mediated rabies, responsible for over 95% of the estimated 74,000 annual human rabies deaths. Achieving ≥ 70% vaccination coverage necessary for herd immunity remains challenging, underscoring the need for effective vaccination strategies and reliable post-vaccination evaluation methods. Methods: MDV campaigns were conducted in four site in Bangladesh (two urban, two peri-urban) using three strategies: standard capture-vaccinate-release (CVR), enhanced CVR (eCVR), and roaming static point (RSP). Post-vaccination sight re-sight (SRS) and household surveys were used to characterize dog populations and estimate coverage. Three enumeration methods were compared to assess reliability and utility for campaign evaluation. Results: Over 12 working days, 9,195 dogs were vaccinated. eCVR achieved the highest operational efficiency (40.2 dogs/vaccinator/day), followed by standard CVR (36.6) and RSP (18.2). Post-vaccination surveys indicated that over 93% of dogs were free-roaming, and around 30% were unowned, highlighting limitations of static point strategies. Human-to-dog ratios (HDRs) were lower than the 100:1 planning estimate and varied widely across sites (mean: 67.8; range: 21.1-129.6), with no significant difference between urban and peri-urban areas ( Discussion: The wide heterogeneity in HDRs highlights the limitations of using a single ratio for national dog population extrapolation. Effective rabies control requires locally tailored vaccination strategies, real-time monitoring, and robust enumeration techniques to guide planning and ensure reliable evaluation of campaign impact.
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