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11/02/2010
Rabies Bulletin Europe – new issue (III/2009) available.
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02/11/2009
Rabies Bulletin Europe – new issue (II/2009) available.
In this issue we provide a
miscellaneous article covering an illegally imported dog that was confirmed
rabid in Germany. The second article was provided by Albanian colleagues
describing their surveillance efforts to detect rabies in wildlife in Albania.
Also, all rabies cases reported to the WHO Rabies Bulletin Europe are displayed
in tables and a map.
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25/08/2009
The latest issue of the Rabies Bulletin Europe
has been published. Three miscellaneous articles cover different topics related
to rabies. The first is a joint article by the Italian and Slovenian rabies
experts outlining the recent developments of sylvatic rabies in both countries
and the respective control measures. Also, in the context of oral vaccination of
foxes we took the liberty of addressing problems in public tenders for baits in
EU-funded ORV campaigns that may threaten the overall success of rabies control
in Europe. Last, we are honoured to provide two articles on the life and
successes of Dr. George Martin Baer, one of the foremost international rabies
experts who died on June 2, 2009, in Mexico City, Mexico.
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30/04/2009
The last issue for 2008 has been published
–the printed version will be delivered in due time. A map of oral vaccination
campaign areas in 2008 is included. All countries with OIF programmes are asked
to send data on their vaccination areas on a regular basis.
The miscellaneous article covers information on two rabies cases in cats in
France associated with EBLV-1 infections.
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23/02/2009
Rabies Bulletin Europe –
new issue (III/2008) available.
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10/12/2008
The 2nd issue of 2008 has been
published online and the printed version will be delivered in due time. The
first miscellaneous article is provided by the colleagues from the AFFSA, Nancy,
France designated as Community Reference Laboratory for Rabies on July 28th
2008. This article states the terms of references of this new reference lab for
the European Union. The second article is a report about an unusual incubation
period in a Daubenton’s bat tested EBLV-2 positive in the United Kingdom.
In the meantime during the production of this
issue, rabies cases in foxes were found in previously rabies free areas in the
north-east of Italy and also in areas beyond the vaccination belt in Slovenia
bordering Italy. A first report was published in Eurosurveillance (http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19033)
Both countries intend to start oral
vaccination in the affected areas. We will give updates on this development in
upcoming issues.
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11/09/2008
Updating the Rabies Bulletin Europe
homepage
Thanks to our dedicated technical staff Detlef
Klöß the website has been updated and enlarged. The most obvious change is the
logo of the World Rabies Day on our navigation sidebar. We also included a
separate World Rabies Day section in our navigation to support spreading the
information of this valuable initiative.
The maps produced have sometimes raised questions on accuracy and data source.
Now, we provide background information for our mapping system before displaying
maps. An additional article “Thirty years of WHO Rabies Bulletin Europe - a
reflection” by Dr. Meslin, WHO, has been added to the archive to represent the
history of this journal.
For more detailed information on Rabies in Europe, various publications of WHO
and/or OIE are presented in a new section.
In the general information section of Bats and Rabies a download link to our bat
rabies leaflet has been added. Furthermore, a column video has been added: It
shows behavioural observations in some rabid bats and was kindly provided by
Zomer Bruijn, Amersfoort, Netherlands. It was initially published in RBE
03/2004.
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05/09/2008
After more than 30 years of “traditional” RBE starting with the
latest RBE 01/2008 we decided to change the size of this bulletin to a journal
style. Due to these efforts the production of the latest issue was delayed. This
step is ment to increase the print quality of the journal, to improve the
convenience for the readers and as a contribution to WHO’s cooperate identity.
We hope to meet your expectations in this way. Otherwise, the content remains
unchanged. The printed version will be delivered in due time.
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30/05/2008
The last issue for 2007 has been published –The printed
version will be delivered in due time. A map of oral vaccination campaign areas
in 2007 is included. All countries with OIF programmes are asked to send data on
their vaccination areas.
The first miscellaneous article from Eurosurveillance covers a human rabies case
in The Netherlands. The second miscellaneous article is a short summary of the
rabies surveillance data submitted to the WHO CC Wusterhausen. We would like to
take this opportunity to thank those that send the data and to encourage other
countries also submit rabies surveillance data.
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28/02/2008
The latest issue for the 3rd quarter 2007 has been
published. The printed version will be delivered in due time. The 3
miscellaneous articles cover the first confirmed EBLV-2 case in a Daubenton’s
bat in Germany, WHO’s position paper on vaccines and a report on the success of
the first world rabies day in 2007.
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04/12/2007
Finally, the 2nd RBE for the year 2007 has been published.
Besides rabies data, miscellaneous articles cover the EUROBATS agreement and the
Belarusian rabies post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after severe wolf bites. Anke
Kliemt, our technical staff member, has transferred rabies data as far back as
1995 into the online-database and is now available for data queries.
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03/09/2007
The 1st Issue of the RBE for the year
2007 has been published. Please note that for technical reasons one rabies case
from Hungary was not included in the printed version. The style of our mapping
has changed. In the PDF version available in the archive, both styles are
included.
Thanks to our committed staff member
Anke Kliemt, rabies data was transferred into the online-database as far back as
1997 and is now available for data queries.
Erratum:
The OIF area of Estonia in 2006 covered the entire country. The map was
changed accordingly.
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06/06/2007
The last issue for 2006 has been published
- a little late, but we tried to include as much data as possible. The printed version
will be delivered in due time. We included a map of oral vaccination campaign areas
in 2006. This map is also published online in a new section within data base queries.
We want to publish this kind of information on an annual basis and we also intend
to enlarge this part retrospectively. All countries with OIF programmes are asked
to send data on their vaccination areas.
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20/02/2007
Issue III/2006 has been
published on February 19th, 2007. The printed version
will be delivered in due time. From this quarter, Serbia and
Montenegro as separate countries have individual data sets. Prior
data are based on reporting from Serbia and Montenegro (SCG). Please
keep this in mind when searching the database retrospectively.
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01/12/2006
The RABIES BULLETIN EUROPE II/2006
was issued both printed as well as online on Friday, 1st
of December.
Current data for rabies in Europe are presented in tables and a map.
The miscellaneous article covers the epidemiology of rabies in
Romania, a country with a high number of rabies cases in the past.
Romania’s control and eradication plans are outlined in this
article.
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06/07/2006
The
new web version of the RABIES BULLETIN EUROPE was released on
Friday, 1st of July.
To
ensure continuous online-publishing and service two web versions of
the RBE will be published for a transitional period of time. The
user can either use the URL
http://www.who-rabies-bulletin.org and follow the link to the
new version or go directly to http://www.rbe.fli.bund.de. The RBE
II/2006 will then be published only as new version but on the usual
URL
http://www.who-rabies-bulletin.org.
As
a reliable source of information about rabies in Europe hard copies
of the RBE will be available on request.
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27/06/2006
This is
the BETA version of the RABIES BULLETIN EUROPE. Small changes will be
made until publishing.
So far,
data until the year 2000 has been converted into the new database and it
is intended to go back as far as 1977, when reporting to the RBE
started. There are some difficulties with historical data from certain
countries as the GIS software only uses current administrative unit
data. Thus, these rabies cases have to be included manually.
In the
column Data base queries - Map
maps for „all countries“, Germany and Poland are available. It’s
intended to complete the list of countries by the end of this week. An
interactive map server will be published at the end of this year.
We would appreciate any comments, suggestions and opinions about this
new platform. (WHO-Rabies(at)fli.bund.de)
Enjoy
your web visit at the RABIES BULLETIN EUROPE!
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