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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100958
Personal Author:
Sharma, Basant ; Dhand, Navneet K. ; Timsina, Nilkanta ; Ward, Michael P.
Sharma, Basant ; Dhand, Navneet K. ; Timsina, Nilkanta ; Ward, Michael P. Less -
Corporate Authors:
Tenzin
Description:
From January through July 2008, rabies reemerged in the Chhukha district of southwestern Bhutan. To clarify the distribution and direction of spread of this outbreak, we mapped reported cases and conducted directional tests (mean center and standard deviational ellipse). The outbreak resulted in the death of 97 animals (42 cattle, 52 dogs, and 3 horses). Antirabies vaccine was given free of charge to ≈674 persons suspected to have been exposed. The outbreak spread south to north and appeared to follow road networks, towns, and areas of high human density associated with a large, free-roaming, dog population. The outbreak was controlled by culling free-roaming dogs. To prevent spread into the interior of Bhutan, a well-coordinated national rabies control program should be implemented in disease-endemic areas.
Subject:
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Animals
Bhutan
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Outbreaks
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Epidemic
Epidemiology
Geographic Information Systems
Horse Diseases
Horses
Humans
Incidence
Rabies
Rabies Vaccines
Research
Spatial Distribution
Vaccination
Viruses
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 16(12):1925-1930.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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