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Rabies

Surveillance in the EU

Every year, a small number of cases of rabies is reported in Europe - travel-related or autochthonous.

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Eurosurveillance for World Rabies Day – 28 September

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Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 December 2019, week 50

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Salmonella the most common cause of foodborne outbreaks in the European Union

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The European Union One Health 2018 Zoonoses Report

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Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 December 2019, week 50

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The European Union One Health 2018 Zoonoses Report

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Rabies - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

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Communicable disease threats report, 21-27 July 2019, Week 30

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Eurosurveillance for World Rabies Day – 28 September

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Salmonella the most common cause of foodborne outbreaks in the European Union

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Fourth travel-related rabies case reported in the EU in 2019

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Travellers who recently received rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Philippines advised to contact health services

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Data

Surveillance systems overview for 2018

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Surveillance systems overview for 2017

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Surveillance systems overview for 2016

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Surveillance systems overview for 2015

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Surveillance and disease data

Annual epidemiological reports EU summary reports on rabies

Facts

Rabies is a disease caused by rabies virus (a Lyssavirus). Classic rabies is a zoonosis (infection that could spread from animals to humans), and most animals are susceptible to it.

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Tularaemia

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Brucellosis

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Yersiniosis

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Cryptosporidiosis

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Cowpox

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Escherichia coli (E.coli)

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Monkeypox

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Leptospirosis

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Plague

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Salmonellosis (non-typhi, non-paratyphi)

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Sindbis fever

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Avian influenza

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Trichinellosis

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Botulism

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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Campylobacteriosis

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Arenavirus infection

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Echinococcosis

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Swine influenza

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Giardiasis

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Listeriosis

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Q fever

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Schmallenberg virus

Disease programmes and networks

Emerging Viral Diseases-Expert Laboratory Network (EVD-LabNet)

Peer-reviewed publications

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Integrated data collection on zoonoses in the European Union, from animals to humans, and the analyses of the data

May 2010

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Is There A Need For Anti-rabies Vaccine And Immunoglobulins Rationing In Europe?

Apr 2009