Published by the European Food Safety Authority, this joint scientific report brings together data on the occurrence of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks and zoonoses cases reported in humans.
Rabies is a disease caused by rabies virus (a Lyssavirus). Every year, a small number of cases of rabies is reported in Europe - travel-related or autochthonous.
This report shows information submitted by European Union Member States on the occurrence of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in 2008, analysed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority.
ECDC organised a multidisciplinary consultation of rabies experts on 15 January 2009 to address questions of vaccine/immunoglobulin availability and distribution.