“Preventing Human Rage by Wildlife Bites in Hidalgo: Vaccination and Protective Measures”

Written in HIDALGO he 8/5/2023 · 13:39 hs

PACHUCA.- The human rage It is a deadly disease that is not only transmitted to people through the bite of dogs y gatosbut also by others animals domestic animals such as cows, horses, sheep, goats, pigs and animals wild, including bats, skunks, foxes, coyotes and raccoons. Faced with a panorama of risk to health, the Ministry of Health of Hidalgo launched an informative digital campaign called “human rage by wildlife bites.

The aim of the campaign is to prevent human rage and know the risks, as well as intensify preventive measures, such as vaccination against rabia of dogs y gatoswith emphasis on people who live in localities of municipalities of Hidalgo where it is identified that there is a greater risk due to the existence of another type of fauna capable of transmitting it.

Vaccination is the main activity that allows the control of the canine rabies in Mexico, so in Hidalgo the massive vaccination campaigns of dogs y gatoswhich have been carried out since 1990. More than 17 million doses of vaccine are applied annually in the country anti-rabies in dogs y gatosMeanwhile in Hidalgo the average is 800 thousand doses.

The last case of human rage in the entity it was presented in 1997 in the Tezontepec de Aldama municipality. He was a three-year-old boy bitten by a dog, and the last case of canine rabies arose in the Tizayuca municipality in 2009.

Rabia in wildlife

In the entity the circulation of the virus of the rabia in wildlife, mainly affecting domestic livestock, which causes significant losses of animals and in the economy of the people who own them. There is also the latent risk of transmission to the human.

Recently in the country, the states of Oaxaca and Nayarit have presented cases of rabia in humans in localities in rural areas, bordering forests, jungles or desert and semi-desert areas, which offer the conditions for the animals wild find shelter and food; also because people cohabit and share an ecosystem with populations of bats and other animals where there is evidence of bites by these species, due to their simultaneous presence with production cattle.

It is better prevent

In these cases of human rage It is important to identify, prevent and control the disease by bringing vaccination campaigns closer to the exposed population in places such as caves, parks and national reserves that people visit and where ecotourism activities such as camping, canyoning, mountain biking, are carried out. mountaineering, speleology, hiking, and it is possible that there is wildlife that transmits rabia.

Preventive measures allow the population to know the risk behaviors that they must avoid and the protective actions that they must follow, such as:

• Before bites of animals such as bats, skunks, foxes, coyotes and raccoons, should wash the wound with soap and water and go immediately to the treatment unit. health to receive care;
• The population must avoid touching, capturing, feeding, consuming and keeping as pets animals wild;
• People who live close to areas where they live animals wild, you must protect your house to prevent them from entering; cover windows, cracks and gaps;
• If the animals farm animals such as cows, goats, pigs, donkeys and horses have bleeding wounds and strange behaviors when walking, eating and drinking, they should not be touched!
• Do not eat meat animals sick, they can also transmit diseases.

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