Self declaration by France on the recovery of Its rabies-free status

摘要

In accordance with Article 8.10.2 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code) (2009 edition) of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), on 19 February 2010, France regained its disease-free status from rabies. France, which had been free from rabies since 2001, lost that status on 26 February 2008, following evidence of an indigenous case of rabies. The rabies diagnosis was confirmed on 26 February 2008 by a French Reference Laboratory on the body of an animal (named 'Cracotte'),euthanased on 19 February 2008. Epidemiological tests earned out by the Veterinary Services and genotyping of the rabies strain, conducted by a Reference Laboratory, were able to determine that this indigenous case was indirectly linked, through anotherdog (named 'Youpi'), to a case of rabies imported from Morocco in October 2007 and believed to be the index case. This index case (named 'Gamin'), infected in Morocco, had been illegally imported into France: he had infected Youpi, who infected Cracotte.