A review of rabies surveillance and response activities in Lao PDR to 2011

摘要

Background: Rabies, a viral zoonoses endemic to Lao PDR, causes acute encephalitis with almost 100% case fatality if no post-exposure treatment (PET) is provided. While testing commenced at the Lao National Animal Health Centre in 1954, it was in 1999 a National Committee for Rabies Control was formed. ASEAN's “call for action towards the elimination of Rabies…by 2020”, makes it appropriate to review Lao PDR's rabies surveillance and response activities up to 2011.