Castillo Neyra Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

Spatially responsive mass vaccination strategies for urban rabies

Spatially Responsive Mass Vaccination Campaigns for Urban Rabies SUMMARY Epidemics of vaccine-preventable zoonotic diseases are ongoing in major urban centers across Latin America and worldwide. Mass vaccination campaigns can prevent and control epidemics of infectious diseases among humans and animals. The realities of mass vaccination efforts, however, often fall short of their promise. In place of high and even vaccination coverage, many campaigns leave spatial 'pockets' of under-vaccinated individuals. Pathogens, taking advantage of these under-vaccinated areas, can persist, diversify, and re-emerge. Modern computational approaches can mitigate geographic inequities through the careful…

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