Integrated community-based reporting and field diagnostics for improved rabies surveillance in rural Laikipia, Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSmithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationKenya Medical Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUS Army Medical Research Directorate–Africaen
cg.contributor.affiliationField Museum of Natural Historyen
cg.contributor.affiliationMission Rabiesen
cg.contributor.affiliationYale School of Public Healthen
cg.contributor.affiliationMpala Research Centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationCounty Department of Veterinary Services, Laikipiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of Londonen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Wyomingen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorSmithsonian Institutionen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorDarwin Initiativeen
cg.contributor.initiativeOne Health
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierChristian Onyando Odinga: 0000-0002-3354-5264
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986
cg.creator.identifierJames Hassell: 0000-0002-4710-2827
cg.creator.identifierDishon Muloi: 0000-0002-6236-2280
cg.creator.identifierKatherine Worsley-Tonks: 0000-0001-7485-0225
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13193en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1863-1959en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalZoonoses and Public Healthen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriDIAGNOSTICSen
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume72en
dc.contributor.authorOdinga, Christian O.en
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en
dc.contributor.authorWambugu, E.en
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, A.W.en
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en
dc.contributor.authorGibson, A.en
dc.contributor.authorHassell, James M.en
dc.contributor.authorMuloi, Dishon M.en
dc.contributor.authorMurray, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSurmat, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMwai, P.M.en
dc.contributor.authorWoodroffe, R.en
dc.contributor.authorNgatia, D.en
dc.contributor.authorGathura, P.M.en
dc.contributor.authorWaitumbi, J.en
dc.contributor.authorWorsley-Tonks, Katherine E.L.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-03T05:10:17Zen
dc.date.available2024-12-03T05:10:17Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162959
dc.titleIntegrated community-based reporting and field diagnostics for improved rabies surveillance in rural Laikipia, Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractRabies vaccination in domestic dog populations has increased globally in a bid to protect human health. Surveillance efforts, however, are inconsistent in endemic regions such as in sub-Saharan Africa, due to fragmented reporting and limited diagnostic capacity for suspected cases, limiting successful monitoring and evaluation of vaccination campaigns. Here, we conducted a pilot study aiming to strengthen rabies surveillance by combining community-based surveillance with field-based diagnostic testing in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in central Kenya; communities which are frequently marginalised from health systems. During the 6-month pilot study, there were 14 alerts of suspected rabid dogs in the community, of which eight were tested and five diagnostically confirmed as rabid. Two positive samples processed successfully for whole genome sequencing indicated that the rabies variant circulating in central Kenya during the study period belonged to the Africa 1b subclade, which is similar to variants identified in eastern Kenya and Tanzania, suggesting regional transmission. This pilot study indicates that rabies continues to circulate in the region and that community-based surveillance, when combined with enhanced diagnostic testing, can help alleviate underreporting and guide vaccination campaigns.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-12-02
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOdinga, C.O., Thomas, L.F., Wambugu, E., Ferguson, A.W., Fèvre, E.M., Gibson, A., Hassell, J.M., Muloi, D.M., Murray, S., Surmat, A., Mwai, P.M., Woodroffe, R., Ngatia, D., Gathura, P.M., Waitumbi, J. and Worsley-Tonks, K.E.L. 2025. Integrated community-based reporting and field diagnostics for improved rabies surveillance in rural Laikipia, Kenya. Zoonoses and Public Health 72(2): 194–199.en
dcterms.extentp. 194-199en
dcterms.issued2025-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectdiagnostic techniquesen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.subjectrabiesen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjectone health approachen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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