The role of waste management in control of rabies : a neglected issue

dc.contributor.authorWright, Nicolette
dc.contributor.authorSubedi, Deepak
dc.contributor.authorPantha, Saurav
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, Krishna Prasad
dc.contributor.authorNel, Louis Hendrik
dc.contributor.emailnicolette.wright@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-11T09:56:06Z
dc.date.available2022-04-11T09:56:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.description.abstractDespite 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.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_US
dc.description.departmentGeneticsen_US
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_US
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/virusesen_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, N.; Subedi, D.; Pantha, S.; Acharya, K.P.; Nel, L.H. The Role of Waste Management in Control of Rabies: A Neglected Issue. Viruses 2021, 13, 225. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13020225.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/v13020225
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/84862
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. Licensee: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en_US
dc.subjectMunicipal wasteen_US
dc.subjectFree-roaming dogsen_US
dc.subjectRabies controlen_US
dc.subjectDogs (Canis familiaris)en_US
dc.subjectWaste managementen_US
dc.titleThe role of waste management in control of rabies : a neglected issueen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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