The elimination of fox rabies from Europe: Determinants of success and lessons for the future

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1623, 2013, Pages

  Freuling, Conrad M ^a   Hampson, Katie ^b   Selhorst, Thomas ^a   Schröder, Ronald ^a   Meslin, Francois X ^c   Mettenleiter, Thomas C ^a   Müller, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efforts expenses; Elimination; Endgame; Fox rabies; Influencing factors; Oral rabies vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXPENDITURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLICY MAKING; RABIES; VACCINATION; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

CANIDAE;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; DISEASE ERADICATION; EUROPE; FOX; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RABIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; EUROPE; FOXES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84879365007     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0142     Document Type: Article

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