title: [Human contamination by baits for vaccinating foxes against rabies in France].
abstract: During 1992 and 1993, 4.4 million of baits have been distributed in France over 121,381 km2 for vaccinating foxes against rabies. Phone calls and visits addressed to the local veterinary authorities and to the centres for human antirabies treatment have been recorded according to an appropriate questionnaire. 70 persons declared to have found and sometimes to have touch a bait, 38 of them received a antirabies treatment. Only 9 children (less than 10 year old) handled a bait. Activities that led to find a bait have been: walking in the countryside or hunting (50% of cases), gardening or playing in the garden or near home (35%) and farming (13%). Often dogs were the first to discover the baits and led to a contact of humans with the vaccine in 54% of cases. No casualty occurred. The frequency of these reports decrease by 80% during the period which is considered to be the result of a better information and awareness of the public.
authors.affiliation: CNEVA Nancy Laboratoire d'études sur la rage et la pathologie des animaux sauvages, Malzéville.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rotivel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005589:Foxes; D005602:France; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012621:Seasons; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines
vernacular_title: Contamination de personnes par des appâts vaccins après les campagnes de vaccination des renards contre la rage en France.