[Current situation and tendencies of rabies epizootic process in the Republic of Belarus]
Rusinivich, A.A. | Kovalev, N.A.(The S.N.Vyshelesskij Inst. of Experimental Veterinary Medicine, Minsk (Belarus))
A rise in the epizootic process of rabies has been observed in the Republic of Belarus since 1996. The number of points not free from infection has increased from 92 to 539 (5,8 times) and numbers of diseased animals increased from 137 to 560 (4,1 times). In 2001 rabies virus infection has spread most intensively in Mogilev, Minsk and Vitebsk regions where 120, 100 and 101 cases of rabies were registered respectively. Over 5 years, there were revealed 165 cases in Brest region, 350 cases in Vitebsk region, 221 cases in Gomel region, 203 cases in Grodno region, 233 cases in Minsk region, and 157 cases of rabies of animals in Mogilev region. Wild animals are the main factor of disease spreading, especially foxes and raccoons. The population of these animals_ species has increased from 35767 to 51484 animals over recent 10 years. Measures carried out against rabies permit only to rates of disease spreading. In current conditions, the most effective ways of infection control include the decrease in the numbers of wild carnivore and the total use of a vaccine
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