title: [Frequency dynamics of foxes as a factor of epizootic risk of rabies].
abstract: During the period preceding the year 1998 when the peak values of the rabies incidence were registered in the Moscow region, a noticeable increase in fox frequency and the density of their population occurred, especially in 3 endemic areas of the north-western zone. Considering the fact that this zone was endemic for rabies, an increased density of the fox population was, most probably, the critical factor of the epizootological risk and the main cause of the emergency situation in rabies in 1998. The data obtained in this investigation may serve as a real basis for the prediction of the epizootic situation.
authors.affiliation: Peoples' Friendship University, Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Makarov
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Dzhupina
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vedernikov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Zavodskikh
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Afonin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000662:veterinary*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000662:veterinary*; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000662:veterinary*; D005589:Foxes; D015994:Incidence; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015047:Zoonoses