Project objectives

Rabies is a serious public health concern in North Africa causing a heavy social and economic burden and its reintroduction represents a threat to Western European countries presently free of rabies in non-flying animals.

This project will address a global multidisciplinary approach to draw a precise picture of the rabies epidemiology in North Africa by identifying and quantifying epidemiological, ecological, sociological and vaccinological key factors for rabies dynamics, in order to provide health authorities recommendations based on scientific evidences for prevention and control strategies.
Furthermore, despite that the Western European countries have almost completely eliminated canine and vulpine rabies, they continue to declare some human and animal cases mostly imported from North Africa in addition to the presence of the disease in bats with some spillover to humans.
Therefore, the study of rabies in North Africa and West Europe, will determine the possible overlapping of rabies epidemiological cycles between both shores.

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