Risk assessment for the rabies virus circulation in Sao Paulo State, Brazil

• Grant number: 06/04250-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2006
• End date: May 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Augusto Dias
• Grantee: Ricardo Augusto Dias
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present work shows a qualitative approach to evaluate the risk of rabies virus circulation in domestic herbivore population in Paraíba do Sul River Valley, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Scenario trees will be built, according to rabies exposure and diffusion, in order to estimate rabies occurrence in the herbivore population. This probability will be associated to geographic location of farms, and high-risk areas will be priorized when the implementation of control measures from the National Program of Herbivore Rabies Control (from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) take place. To reach this objective, a partnership between the Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health (FMVZ-USP), the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply and the Official Veterinary Service of Sao Paulo State was reached. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RICARDO AUGUSTO DIAS; VLADIMIR DE SOUZA NOGUEIRA FILHO; CARLA DA SILVA GOULART; ISABEL CRISTINE OLIVEIRA TELLES; GUILHERME HENRIQUE FIGUEIREDO MARQUES; FERNANDO FERREIRA; MARCOS AMAKU; JOSÉ SOARES FERREIRA NETO. Modelo de risco para circulação do vírus da raiva em herbívoros no estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública = Pan American Journal of Public Health, v. 30, n. 4, p. 370-376, 2011-10-00. (06/04250-8)