Reemergence of Rabies in Chhukha District, Bhutan, 2008

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sharma, Basant ; Dhand, Navneet K. ; Timsina, Nilkanta ; Ward, Michael P.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  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

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(12):1925-1930.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3124265a63eee259c837709965060b820278d423734bc489adba1aa89f24d0a9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24283/cdc_24283_DS1.pdf
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