RISK SCENARIO FOR HUMAN RABIES TRANSMITTED BY WILD ANIMALS IN BRAZIL

Rabies is a public health and animal health issue with environmental, social and economic drivers and impacts. For decades, Lyssaviruses diagnostic research has been carried out independently at laboratories of several States of Brazil. In some areas activities have been developed for rabies prevention, such as the monitoring of the risk and also population control of haemathophagous bats. During the last years, however, the number of reports on human cases of rabies transmitted by bats and others wildlife animals in the North and North-East of Brazil increased, and new challenges had occur. Adequate dealing with situations of infected non-human primates (Callithrix jacchus) attacking humans and transmitting Lyssavirus in Ceara and D. rotundus spoliating pets, mainly dogs, in Rio de Janeiro has to be deployed. The feeding of Desmodus rotundus on pets has been reported lately with much more frequency close tourban areas, and eventually even persons are the victims. The new human case of marmoset-transmitted rabies in the State of Rio Grande do Norte beginning 2014, currently under investigation, demonstrate the urgency of information of technology and intersectoral investigations, allowing immediate follow-up, feed-bac and studies towards nidality, causes and possible solutions for these high risk events, starting at the local level. Usually rabies cases occurred invulnerable populations and to address this neglected disease, there is need of awareness and educational activities that induce the affected population to look for post exposure prophylaxis in case of risk and also strengthening the training for “One Health” professionals to identify risk areas and for monitoring, prevention and interventions. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17525/vrr.v19i1.108