TY - JOUR
TI - Rabies in Greece; Historical perspectives in view of the current re-emergence in wild and domestic animals
AU - Tsiodras, S.
AU - Korou, L.-M.
AU - Tzani, M.
AU - Tasioudi, K.E.
AU - Kalachanis, K.
AU - Mangana-Vougiouka, O.
AU - Rigakos, G.
AU - Dougas, G.
AU - Seimenis, A.M.
AU - Kontos, V.
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
PY - 2014
VL - 12
TODO - 6
SP - 628-635
PB - HANLEY & BELFUS-ELSEVIER INC
SN - 1477-8939
TODO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.013
TODO - awareness;  domestic animal;  Greece;  health program;  history;  human;  meta analysis;  nonhuman;  Ottoman Empire;  public health;  rabies;  Review;  systematic review;  wild animal;  animal;  Communicable Diseases, Emerging;  dog;  Dog Diseases;  infection control;  procedures;  rabies;  virology;  zoonosis, rabies vaccine, Animals;  Animals, Domestic;  Animals, Wild;  Communicable Disease Control;  Communicable Diseases, Emerging;  Dog Diseases;  Dogs;  Greece;  History, 15th Century;  History, 16th Century;  History, 17th Century;  History, 18th Century;  History, 19th Century;  History, 20th Century;  History, 21st Century;  History, Ancient;  History, Medieval;  Humans;  Rabies;  Rabies Vaccines;  Zoonoses
TODO - Greece has been rabies free since 1987 while no human cases have been seen since 1970. The re-emergence of rabies in Northern Greece during 2012-2013 in wild and domestic animals prompted a systematic review of historical evidence of the presence of the disease in the country from ancient years till the present. Historical data is presented along with efforts to prevent disease in animals and humans especially during the high prevalent periods in the country in the mid-20th century. These efforts serve as a guide to current extensive efforts to prevent spread especially in the wild and domestic animal populations. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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