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Title: The Rabies Situation in Eastern Europe


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The Rabies Situation in Eastern Europe
  • Oldrich Matouch

National Reference Laboratory for Rabies, State
Veterinary Institute, Liberec, Czech Republic
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19 countries - area 2,5 million km2
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Rabies control - legislation
In all countries studied - Rabies is given
appropriate attention - Rabies is a notifiable
disease - National Reference Laboratory for
Rabies established - Legislation in force for
human and animal rabies control and prevention
- Enforcement by ministries of agriculture and
health, among others
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Data reporting
- No information about data reporting from
Croatia, Hungary, Moldova and Ukraine - 15
countries report monthly, 10 of those summarize
annually - All countries report electronically,
10 also on paper - Reports provided to OIE and
WHO, among other agencies - Quarterly reports
provided to Rabies Bulletin Europe, except
Moldova
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Rabies cases 2002-2006
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Rabies cases 2002-2006 - total
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Rabies cases in dogs and cats 2002 -2006
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Number of Animals Tested 2005
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Number of Animals Cases 2005
10
Number of Animals Tested 2006
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Number of Animals Cases 2006
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Animal species participation on the rabies cases
2005
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Animal species participation on the rabies cases
2006
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Bat rabies cases 2002-2006
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Bat rabies tested 2005-2006
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Rabies cases - 2003
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Rabies cases - 2004
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Rabies cases - 2005
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Rabies cases - 2006
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Rabies in humans
- Rabies in humans is rare - All participating
countries claim adequate diagnostic
capacity - All countries have public education
programs - During 2005 no cases of human
rabies - During 2006, the Republic of Belarus
reported 2 human cases
Post exposure treatment
- Only 12 countries provided data concerning post
exposure immunization - In those countries,
41,018 people received post exposure treatment in
2005 - 26,466 people were vaccinated in
2006 - Cell culture rabies vaccines are used in
all countries - Immunoglobulin (ERIG or HRIG) is
used for category III exposure
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Exposure immunization
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Vaccination of domestic animals
- 12 countries answering the OIE
questionnaire require rabies vaccination of dogs
in their entire territories - Vaccination in
restricted areas is required in Albania
- Finland only requires vaccination of hunting
dogs - 10 countries have a governmental
rabies vaccination programs for dogs
- Vaccination of cats is obligatory in 10
countries - Rabies vaccination is voluntary
for other animals such as cattle, sheep, and
horses
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Vaccination of domestic animals
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Dog population structure
  • Only 4 countries provided quantitative data
    concerning dogs
  • 10 countries provided the number of dogs
    vaccinated yearly
  • 5,160,000 in 2005
  • 4,600,000 in 2006
  • Vaccination coverage varies between 75 and 95
  • Precise data concerning dog population structure
    is not available in most countries the
    proportion of registered dogs and free-roaming or
    stray dogs is not tracked
  • Only the Czech Republic and Finland report nearly
    100 dog registration, without any
    incidence of strays
  • Serbia and Montenegro reporting populations with
    3 roaming, and 14 stray dogs

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Rabies control in wildlife
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I cant wait for that bait!
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