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Rabies
Studies from Princeton University have provided new information about rabies
May 26th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Rabies has been eliminated from domestic dog populations in Western Europe and North America, but continues to kill many thousands of people throughout Africa and Asia every year. A quantitative understanding of transmission dynamics in domestic dog populations provides critical information to assess whether global elimination of canine rabies is possible." "We report extensive observations of individual rabid animals in Tanzania and generate a uniquely detailed analysis of transmission biology, which explains important epidemiological features, including the level of variation in epidemic trajectories. We found that...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-26)
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