11/02/2010
Rabies Bulletin Europe – new issue (III/2009) available.

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.

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.

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.

23/02/2009
Rabies Bulletin Europe – new issue (III/2008) available.

10/12/2008
The 2^nd 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.

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.

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.

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.

28/02/2008
The latest issue for the 3^rd 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.

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.

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.

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.

20/02/2007
Issue III/2006 has been published on February 19^th, 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.

01/12/2006
The RABIES BULLETIN EUROPE II/2006 was issued both printed as well as online on Friday, 1^st 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.

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.

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!