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Re-emergence of animal rabies in northern Greece and subsequent human exposure, October 2012 - March 2013
1Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), Ministry of Health, Athens, Greece. sotirios.tsiodras@gmail.com
Abstract:
Greece has been rabies-free since 1987 with no human cases since 1970. During 2012 to 2013, rabies has re-emerged in wild and domestic animals in northern Greece. By end March 2013, rabies was diagnosed in 17 animals including 14 red foxes, two shepherd dogs and one cat; 104 subsequent human exposures required post-exposure prophylaxis according to the World Health Organization criteria. Human exposures occurred within 50 km radius of a confirmed rabies case in a wild or domestic animal, and most frequently stray dogs were involved.
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