Human rabies control in the era of post-COVID-19: a call for action

Kapil Goel; Arunima Sen; Prakasini Satapathy; Pawan Kumar; Arun Kumar Aggarwal; Ranjit Sah; Bijaya Kumar Padhi

doi:10.1093/jtm/taad009

Human rabies control in the era of post-COVID-19: a call for action

J Travel Med. 2023 Jan 28:taad009. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad009. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Kapil Goel¹, Arunima Sen¹, Prakasini Satapathy², Pawan Kumar¹, Arun Kumar Aggarwal¹, Ranjit Sah^{3

4}, Bijaya Kumar Padhi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
² Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
⁴ Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

PMID: 36715149
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad009

Abstract

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a sharp increase in rabies cases and deaths. Rabies outbreaks are being reported worldwide. Multiple disruptions in Rabies control occurred during the pandemic, significantly affecting lower-income countries. Countries need to develop specific action plans to become 'rabies free' by 2030.