Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the current status of rabies in Europe, with special emphasis on Croatia and Southeast and East Europe. Due to the systematic implementation of a rabies eradication program by oral vaccination of wild animals, by the end of the 20th century, m...
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| author | Ivana Lojkić Ivana Šimić Tomislav Bedeković Nina Krešić |
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| description | The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the current status of rabies in Europe, with special emphasis on Croatia and Southeast and East Europe. Due to the systematic implementation of a rabies eradication program by oral vaccination of wild animals, by the end of the 20th century, most West and Central European countries were rabies-free. The EU goal was to eradicate rabies in wildlife and domestic animals by 2020. No matter how achievable the goal seemed to be, the disease is still present in the eastern part of the EU, as was notified in 2020 by two member states—Poland and Romania. Croatia has been rabies-free for the last seven years but given that it borders a non-EU country in which a case of rabies was confirmed in 2020, it will continue to contribute to the maintenance of the rabies-free region. A rabies-free EU can only be achieved by continuous oral vaccination, coordination and a regional approach. The prevention of reintroductions from bordering countries in which rabies has not been eradicated yet, and the support for the eradication efforts made by these countries, are goals still pending. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab55537d87c747279790b9b48cbb13882023-11-21T23:51:36ZengMDPI AGPathogens2076-08172021-06-0110674210.3390/pathogens10060742Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern EuropeIvana Lojkić0Ivana Šimić1Tomislav Bedeković2Nina Krešić3Laboratory for Rabies and General Virology, Department of Virology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaLaboratory for Molecular Virology, Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaLaboratory for Rabies and General Virology, Department of Virology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaLaboratory for Rabies and General Virology, Department of Virology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThe objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the current status of rabies in Europe, with special emphasis on Croatia and Southeast and East Europe. Due to the systematic implementation of a rabies eradication program by oral vaccination of wild animals, by the end of the 20th century, most West and Central European countries were rabies-free. The EU goal was to eradicate rabies in wildlife and domestic animals by 2020. No matter how achievable the goal seemed to be, the disease is still present in the eastern part of the EU, as was notified in 2020 by two member states—Poland and Romania. Croatia has been rabies-free for the last seven years but given that it borders a non-EU country in which a case of rabies was confirmed in 2020, it will continue to contribute to the maintenance of the rabies-free region. A rabies-free EU can only be achieved by continuous oral vaccination, coordination and a regional approach. The prevention of reintroductions from bordering countries in which rabies has not been eradicated yet, and the support for the eradication efforts made by these countries, are goals still pending.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/6/742sylvatic rabiesCroatiaSoutheast Europeoral rabies vaccination (ORV)bat rabies |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Lojkić Ivana Šimić Tomislav Bedeković Nina Krešić Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe Pathogens sylvatic rabies Croatia Southeast Europe oral rabies vaccination (ORV) bat rabies |
| title | Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| title_full | Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| title_fullStr | Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| title_short | Current Status of Rabies and Its Eradication in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| title_sort | current status of rabies and its eradication in eastern and southeastern europe |
| topic | sylvatic rabies Croatia Southeast Europe oral rabies vaccination (ORV) bat rabies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/6/742 |
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