Background and descriptive features of rabies-suspected animals in Central Luzon, Philippines.
Milagros R MananggitKazunori KimitsukiNobuo SaitoAlyssa Marie G GarciaPatricia Mae T LacanilaoJoely T OngtangcoCornelio R VelascoMaria Victoria D RosarioMaria Glofezita O LagayanKentaro YamadaChun-Ho ParkSatoshi InoueMotoi SuzukiMariko Saito-ObataYasuhiko KamiyaDaria L ManaloCatalino S DemetriaBeatriz P QuiambaoAkira NishizonoPublished in: Tropical medicine and health (2021)
Our study provided some features of animals with laboratory-confirmed rabies in Central Luzon. However, most of the samples were submitted from areas near the rabies diagnosis laboratory, and the number of samples submitted from remote areas was low. To improve the surveillance capacity, it is necessary to increase sample submissions from remote areas.