Situación actual y control de la rabia en el Perú

Ana María Navarro V; José Bustamante N; Alberto Sato S

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2007.241.1087

Authors

Ana María Navarro V Componente Especial de Control de Zoonosis, Dirección General de Salud de las Personas, Ministerio de Salud. Lima, Perú. Médico Veterinario.
José Bustamante N Componente Especial de Control de Zoonosis, Dirección General de Salud de las Personas, Ministerio de Salud. Lima, Perú. Médico Veterinario.
Alberto Sato S Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Médico Veterinario.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2007.241.1087

Keywords:

Rabies, Perú

Abstract

Rabies is an endemic disease of Peru, that appears in two cycles, one urban related with transmission by dog, and another wild caused mainly by vampires bats bite. Most of human cases of the last decades they have been by urban rabies, nevertheless the used measures of control (canine vaccine campaigns, vaccine production, identification of biting dog, opportune attention of the victim and surveillance and notification system) they have managed to reduce the incidence of canine rabies and therefore of the human cases. Currently the greater number of human cases notified are caused by Desmodus rotundus in Peru.