Oral Vaccines Against Canine Rabies

摘要

The world's first controlled field trials of rabies vaccines contained in baits for dogs will be launched next year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announces. The specially-developed oral vaccines are aimed at the millions of free-roaming dogs which cannot easily be immunized by injection. The plan is being developed by rabies experts working in 15 countries, who conclude a three-day meeting on the subject at WHO headquarters in Geneva. The specialists are from Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Kenya, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United States of America.