Eliminating rabies in Estonia.

• Main Authors: Florence Cliquet (Author), Emmanuelle Robardet (Author), Kylli Must (Author), Marjana Laine (Author), Katrin Peik (Author), Evelyne Picard-Meyer (Author), Anne-Laure Guiot (Author), Enel Niin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The compulsory vaccination of pets, the recommended vaccination of farm animals in grazing areas and the extermination of stray animals did not succeed in eliminating rabies in Estonia because the virus was maintained in two main wildlife reservoirs, foxes and raccoon dogs. These two species became...