The rapidly emerging public health threat of rabies in Timor-Leste, 2024–2025
Timor-Leste was rabies-free until March 2024. Since then, detections in dogs and human cases have occurred in a growing number of municipalities. Access to vaccines and rabies immunoglobulin needs to be increased by strengthening vaccine supply, integrating into routine immunization programmes and increasing awareness of the risk of rabies.
Authors
- Márcia Maria Mendes Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7661-2570)
- Felisiano da Conceição
- Marcelo Amaral Mali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6013-1390)
- Filipe de Neri Machado
- Mateus Pinheiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-3658)
- Neide Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-7707)
- Florindo Gonzaga
- Aurora Belo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0384-6290)
- Adriano A. R. Barbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-3139)
- Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong
- Francisco de Paula Alves dos Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1990-1492)
- Nevio Sarmento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7122-2207)
- Merita Monteiro
- Anthony Draper
- Benigna Veneranda da Costa Amaral Amaral (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0901-2552)
- Livia Natalia Maria Guterres Babo
- Noel Gama Soares
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (LA)
- Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (KH)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- Government of the Northern Territory (AU)
- National University of East Timor (TL)
- Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Pacific surveillance response journal
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2025.16.3.1332
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Australian Government
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australian Government