Wright Nicolette, Subedi Deepak, Pantha Saurav, Acharya Krishna Prasad, Nel Louis Hendrik
Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Paklihawa Campus, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Paklihawa, Rupandehi 32900, Nepal.
Viruses. 2021 Feb 1;13(2):225. doi: 10.3390/v13020225.
Despite being vaccine preventable, the global burden of dog rabies remains significant, and historically it is the rural and marginalized communities in developing countries of Africa and Asia that are most threatened by the disease. In recent years, the developing world has been experiencing unprecedented increases in urbanization, with a correspondingly massive increase in municipal solid waste generation, among other things. Inefficient and inadequate waste collection and management, due to lack of resources and planning, led to significant increases in the volumes of waste on the streets and in open dumps, where it serves as food sources for free-roaming dogs. In this commentary, we discuss examples of poor waste management and the likely impact on rabies control efforts through the sustenance of free-roaming dogs in some dog rabies-endemic countries. We aim to stress the importance of implementing strategies that effectively address this particular issue as an important component of humane dog population management, as it relates to aspirations for the control and elimination of dog rabies per se.
尽管犬狂犬病可通过疫苗预防，但全球犬狂犬病负担仍然很重，从历史上看，非洲和亚洲发展中国家的农村及边缘化社区受该疾病威胁最大。近年来，发展中世界正经历前所未有的城市化进程，与此同时，城市固体垃圾产生量大幅增加，等等。由于缺乏资源和规划，垃圾收集和管理效率低下且不足，导致街头和露天垃圾场的垃圾量大幅增加，而这些地方成为了流浪狗的食物来源。在这篇评论中，我们讨论了一些犬狂犬病流行国家垃圾管理不善的例子，以及通过为流浪狗提供食物可能对狂犬病防控工作产生的影响。我们旨在强调实施有效解决这一特定问题的战略的重要性，这是人道犬类种群管理的一个重要组成部分，因为它关乎控制和消除犬狂犬病本身的目标。
