Re-emergence of rabies in Mazowieckie Voivodeship,Poland, 2021 |
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| Authors: | Marcin Smreczak Anna Or?owska Pawe? Tr?bas Agnieszka Stolarek Conrad Freuling Thomas Müller |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Virology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Pu?awy, Poland;2. Department of Epidemiology and Risk Assessment, National Veterinary Research Institute, Pu?awy, Poland;3. Institute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald–Insel Riems, Germany |
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| Abstract: | 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 ?wi?tokrzyskie in November 2021. Emergency actions were implemented aiming at rapid rabies elimination. |
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| Keywords: | oral rabies vaccination Poland rabies lyssavirus rabies outbreak zoonosis |
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