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Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2007;298:1749-1750.

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Atlanta—Despite a major milestone in public health—the elimination of canine rabies in the United States—rabies control experts caution that continued vigilance is needed worldwide to reduce the 55 000 human deaths that occur annually from the preventable viral illness transmitted by dogs and such wildlife as raccoons, bats, and skunks.

Researchers who gathered here on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus for the first World Rabies Day symposium in early September reported that canine transmission remains the leading cause of human rabies cases in developing countries and that importation of unvaccinated dogs from rabies-endemic areas could endanger humans and animals in the United States.

HIDDEN BURDEN

"We have to acknowledge the hidden burden of rabies," said Deborah Briggs, PhD, executive director of the United Kingdom–based Alliance for Rabies Control and a leading organizer of the symposium. "Countries don't realize what this disease costs them, not only in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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