Epidemio-surveillance of rabies in Belgium: recrudescence in 1994
1995
Brochier, B. | Bauduin, B. | Pastoret, P.P. (Liege Univ., Sart Tilman (Belgium). Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire. Service d'Immunologie Vaccinologie) | Costy, F. | Coninck, V. de | Hallet, L. | Bourhy, H. | Peharpre, D. | Mosselmans, F. | Beyer, R. | Lecomte, L. | Mullier, P.
In 1994, rabies was confirmed in 43 foxes and 18 domestic animals collected in a border region in southern Belgium. These cases demonstrated a reinfection in an area previously freed from rabies by fox vaccination campaigns. Two campaigns of fox vaccination in a restricted area carried out in 1994 were not able to stop the spread from initial outbreak. Several factors, e.g. the high density of fox population, could explain a too low rate of vaccine-bait uptake. Regarding the current epidemiological situation, alternative strategies of bait distribution are proposed.
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