title: Impact of emergency oral rabies vaccination of foxes in northeastern Italy, 28 December 2009-20 January 2010: preliminary evaluation.
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 >or=0.5 IU/ml.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie-IZSVe, National Reference Centre for Rabies, Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Capello
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mulatti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Comin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gagliazzo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guberti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Benedictis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lorenzetto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costanzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zambotto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mutinelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonfanti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marangon
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005589:Foxes / Q000821:virology*; D007558:Italy; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011819:Rabies Vaccines