@article{Fayyad_Jalboush_Alzuheir_Abu Helal_Manasrah_2019, title={Detection of rabies virus specific antibody in stray dogs in Palestine}, volume={49}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/232096}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">Stray dogs are considered as a major public health risk in rabies-endemic countries such as Palestine. The objective<br>of the present study was to assess the presence of antibody against rabies in stray dogs in order to estimate the immune<br>status of stray dogs for the purpose of risk management. The present study reports the first investigation for the<br>detection of specific antibodies to rabies virus (RABV) in the serum of stray dogs in Palestine. The serum samples were<br>collected randomly from 92 stray dogs from different seven Palestinian districts and were tested for the presence of<br>antirabies antibodies by ELISA. Only 11.95% of stray dogs (n=11) had protective immune status against rabies with<br>antirabies antibody titer (>0.5 IU) according to World Health Organization criteria. This result suggest that there is a<br>high potential for reintroduction of canine rabies into stray dogs, leading to rabies transmission to human. Therefore,<br>a new strategy to enable a broader vaccination coverage in stray dogs in conjunction with control breeding of these<br>dogs must be launched to reduce the risk for transmitting rabies to human.</span> </p>}, number={3}, journal={The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine}, author={Fayyad, Adnan and Jalboush, Nasr and Alzuheir, Ibrahim and Abu Helal, Belal and Manasrah, Mohammad}, year={2019}, month={Nov.}, pages={289–293} }