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Immunization
Scientists at University of Sao Paulo target immunization
March 24th, 2009
"To develop a method to assist in the design and assessment of animal rabies control campaigns. A methodology was developed based on geographic information systems to estimate the animal (canine and feline) population and density per census tract and per subregion (known as ''Subprefeituras'') in the city of Sao Paulo (Southeastern Brazil) in 2002," investigators in Sao Paulo, Brazil report. "The number of vaccination units in a given region was estimated to achieve a certain proportion of vaccination coverage. Census database was used for the human population, as well as estimates ratios of dog: inhabitant and cat: inhabitant. Estimated figures were 1,490,500 dogs and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-24)
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