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.
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Reference: Barr SC, McDonough PL, Scipioni-Ball RL, Starr JK. Serologic responses of dogs given a commercial vaccine against Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona and Leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa. Am J Vet Res 2005;66(10):1780-1784.
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