The WHO recognized Chile for going more than 50 years without a human case of dog-mediated rabies, crediting sustained vaccination, surveillance, and cross-sector collaboration.
|Articles|December 8, 2010
Today's Daily Dose: Virus surveillance
Why this surveillance is more important than ever.
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“The realization of the importance of interspecies transmission in the ecology of influenza has importance for influenza control, since commercially available vaccines may not provide protection against infection with viruses stemming from other species. Thus, virus surveillance in animal species must remain a priority.”
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Several rabies exposure incidents have been reported across multiple states, days after the CDC issued a health advisory on rising human rabies exposures and errors in postexposure prophylaxis administration.
The CDC says multiple US jurisdictions have reported increases in human exposures to rabid or potentially rabid animals since July, along with increased use of rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
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