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Strategies to maintain Korea's animal rabies non-occurrence status

  • Yang, Dong-Kun (OIE Reference Lab for Rabies, Viral Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) ;
  • Kim, Ha-Hyun (OIE Reference Lab for Rabies, Viral Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) ;
  • Cho, In-Soo (OIE Reference Lab for Rabies, Viral Disease Research Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Received : 2018.04.16
  • Accepted : 2018.07.06
  • Published : 2018.07.31
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Abstract

Endemic animal rabies causes >99% of all human rabies cases; elimination of animal rabies reduces the rate of human infections. The most recent animal rabies cases in the Gangwon and Gyeonggi provinces of Korea occurred in November 2012 and February 2013, respectively. Here we explore ways to ensure that Korea remains animal rabies non-occurrence. The government must prevent rabies recurrence by vaccinating dogs, distributing bait vaccine in regions with a high rabies risk, performing laboratory-based surveillance, preventing the flow of rabies-suspect animals from neighboring countries, and enhancing border quarantine. As has already been shown in several developed countries, careful and ongoing rabies control will allow Korea to remain animal rabies-free.

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Supported by : Food, and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)

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