A retrospective observational study was performed for evaluating space and time distribution of bovine rabies in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from 1976 to 1997. A total of 7,526 records of bovine rabies diagnoses using direct immunofluorescence was analysed. The MAP-INFO professional 4.5 was used for examining space distribution of bovine rabies. An annual growth tendency of positive diagnoses of rabies (Y=23,586X) mainly from April to August and in the number of positive counties (Y=0,0461X) was observed, characterizing an intense expansion of bovine rabies in Minas Gerais.
Bovine rabies; epidemiology; time distribution; space distribution
