Rapid community dog assessment in rabies endemic area

Purpose: Rabies is prioritized as an important zoonotic disease which alarmingly ignites major public health and socio-economic concerns in Thailand. Hua Hin and Pranburi Districts, popular seaside resort towns in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, were engulfed in rabies outbreak frenzy with 25 animal rabies cases reported in Pranburi during 2016–2017. To effectively implement rabies prevention and control schemes in the endemic area of Pranburi (population of 75,026 in 765.4km2 or population density of 96.7/km2), community dog population must be quickly and realistically accessed.