title: Retrospective study of extensive vaccination programs for canine rabies control and public health in Korea.
abstract: This retrospective study of the patterns and efforts of the extensive vaccination  programs for canine rabies control (EVPCRC) compared the prevalence rate (PR) of rabies under two  different vaccination programs for dogs in Korea between 1962 and 2007. A total of 753 cases of  rabid dogs were reported between 1962 and 2007, and there were 350 human cases reported in the same  period. There were 518 cases (PR, 4.11) of rabid dogs reported from 1962 to 1979, when the  low-egg-passage Flury strain vaccine was used, and a total of 342 human cases were observed over  the same period. However, there were 235 rabid dogs (PR, 0.83) identified from 1980 to 2007 when  the Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth strain vaccine was used, and only 8 human cases of rabies were  observed during the same period. The prevalence of rabies in dogs during the two periods was  significantly different (P < 0.01). Moreover, the year with the largest outbreak, 1975, contained  91 cases, and the PR value was 6.3. In 1963, for humans, there were 103 cases, and the PR value was  0.4. However, in recent years, raccoon dogs have increased as a reservoir of rabies in the mountain  areas linking North Korea with South Korea near the demilitarized zone, reflecting areas with poor  EVPCRC.
authors: National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service, Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Fisheries, Anyang, Korea.
authors: Yi-Seok
authors: YS
authors: Joo
authors: Joo-Ho
authors: JH
authors: Lee
authors: Kyoung-Ki
authors: KK
authors: Lee
authors: Hyeong-Ae
authors: HA
authors: Bang
authors: Won-Chang
authors: WC
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011821:Raccoons; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines