Impact of emergency oral rabies vaccination of foxes in northeastern Italy, 28 December 2009–20 January 2010: preliminary evaluation

K Capello; P Mulatti; A Comin; L Gagliazzo; V Guberti; C Citterio; P De Benedictis; M Lorenzetto; C Costanzi; P Vio; P Zambotto; G Ferri; F Mutinelli; L Bonfanti; S Marangon

doi:10.2807/ese.15.28.19617-en

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Impact of emergency oral rabies vaccination of foxes in northeastern Italy, 28 December 2009–20 January 2010: preliminary evaluation
K Capello¹ , P Mulatti¹ , A Comin¹ , L Gagliazzo¹ , V Guberti² , C Citterio¹ , P De Benedictis¹ , M Lorenzetto¹ , C Costanzi³ , P Vio⁴ , P Zambotto⁵ , G Ferri⁶ , F Mutinelli¹ , L Bonfanti¹ , S Marangon¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie – IZSVe, National Reference Centre for Rabies, Legnaro (Padova), Italy ² Institute for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA, Ozzano Emilia (Bologna), Italy ³ Veterinary Service, Autonomous Province of Trento, Trento, Italy ⁴ Regional Unit of Animal Health and Food Safety, Dorsoduro (Venezia), Italy ⁵ Veterinary Service, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy ⁶ Ministry of Health, General Direction for Animal Health, Roma, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Capello K, Mulatti P, Comin A, Gagliazzo L, Guberti V, Citterio C, De Benedictis P, Lorenzetto M, Costanzi C, Vio P, Zambotto P, Ferri G, Mutinelli F, Bonfanti L, Marangon S. Impact of emergency oral rabies vaccination of foxes in northeastern Italy, 28 December 2009–20 January 2010: preliminary evaluation. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(28):pii=19617. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.28.19617-en Received: 28 Jun 2010

Abstract

Fox rabies re-emerged in northeastern Italy in 2008, in an area bordering Slovenia. In 2009, the infection spread westward to Veneto region and in 2010 to the provinces of Trento and Bolzano. Aerial emergency oral fox vaccination was implemented in the winter 2009-10. Since this vaccination was performed at altitudes below the freezing level, a statistical analysis was conducted to evaluate its impact. Of the foxes sampled following the vaccination campaign, 77% showed a rabies antibody titre of ≥0.5 IU/ml.