Re‐emergence of rabies in Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Poland, 2021

Due to the oral vaccination of foxes against rabies most of the territory of Poland was freed from rabies of non‐flying mammals. In January 2021, rabies was diagnosed in fox in the central part of Mazowieckie Voivodeship where rabies has not been detected since last 17 years. Subsequently, in the fo...

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Published in:Zoonoses and public health 2023-02, Vol.70 (1), p.111-116
Main Authors: Smreczak, Marcin, Orłowska, Anna, Trębas, Paweł, Stolarek, Agnieszka, Freuling, Conrad, Müller, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Oral
Animal vaccines
Animals
Foxes
Lyssavirus
oral rabies vaccination
Poland
Poland - epidemiology
Rabies
Rabies - epidemiology
Rabies - prevention & control
Rabies - veterinary
rabies lyssavirus
rabies outbreak
Rabies Vaccines
Rabies virus
Vaccination
Vaccination - veterinary
zoonosis
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Summary:Due to the oral vaccination of foxes against rabies most of the territory of Poland was freed from rabies of non‐flying mammals. In January 2021, rabies was diagnosed in fox in the central part of Mazowieckie Voivodeship where rabies has not been detected since last 17 years. Subsequently, in the following months the rabies virus infection spread southward reaching the voivodeship of Świętokrzyskie in November 2021. Emergency actions were implemented aiming at rapid rabies elimination.
ISSN:1863-1959
1863-2378
DOI:10.1111/zph.13005