Rabies in foxes, Aegean region, Turkey

At the end of the 1990s in the Aegean region of Turkey, rabies rapidly spread among foxes. This spread likely resulted from spillover infection from dogs and led to increased rabies cases among cattle. To control this outbreak, oral rabies vaccination of foxes has been used.

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2009-10, Vol.15 (10), p.1620-1622
Main Authors: Vos, Ad, Freuling, Conrad, Eskiizmirliler, Seza, Un, Hikmet, Aylan, Orhan, Johnson, Nicholas, Gürbüz, Semra, Müller, Winfried, Akkoca, Necdet, Müller, Thomas, Fooks, Anthony R, Askaroglu, Haluk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Oral
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - prevention & control
Cattle Diseases - transmission
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
Disease transmission
Dispatch
dog
Dog Diseases - prevention & control
Dog Diseases - transmission
Dogs
fox
Foxes
Health aspects
Rabies
Rabies - epidemiology
Rabies - prevention & control
Rabies - veterinary
Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage
Rabies Vaccines - immunology
spillover
Turkey
Turkey - epidemiology
viruses
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Summary:At the end of the 1990s in the Aegean region of Turkey, rabies rapidly spread among foxes. This spread likely resulted from spillover infection from dogs and led to increased rabies cases among cattle. To control this outbreak, oral rabies vaccination of foxes has been used.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1510.090203