Comparison of Vaccination Coverage of Dogs and Cats in Annual Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies, in São Paulo Municipality, from 2004 to 2012 Noemia Tucunduva Paranhos1*, Maria Cristina Novo de Campos Mendes1, Fernanda Bernardi1, Elisabete Aparecida da Silva1 1Centro de Controle de Zoonoses. Coordenação de Vigilância em Saúde, Secretaria de Saúde do Município de São Paulo, SP, Brasil. * email:
[email protected] Introduction Results Between 2004 and 2009 there was an increase of 17.23% in the total of Vaccination campaign against rabies of dogs and cats in Sao Paulo vaccinated animals. In 2008 it was observed a decrease of 3.86% in the Municipality is one of the activities of the Rabies Control Program number of vaccinated dogs, probably due to a vaccine shortage at the developed since 1973 by the Center for Zoonoses Control and it lasts end of the Campaign and yet there was an increase of 7.7% in feline 14 days. It was decentralized since 2004 when it became executed by vaccination in relation to 2007. In 2012 there was a decrease of 16.6% in the Regionalized Services of Health Surveillance (SUVIS), under the the overall total of vaccinated animals, a decrease of 21.18% for dogs supervision and coordination of the Center for Zoonoses Control. With and an increase of 2.27% for cats when compared to 2009. An increase this strategy a greater number of vaccination boots was available. In of vaccinated feline was observed in 42 DA when comparing these years, 2012 the campaign was interrupted at the fourth day due to the with 31 Das belonging to the higher exclusion areas (homogeneous areas occurrence of adverse effects temporally associated to the vaccine 4 and 5).