Importation of Rabid Animals

The following chronology of rabies in imported animals is extracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1] (primary references available on request)
Note that most common scenario has involved rabid dogs imported from Morocco.
Year / Imported From / Into (comments) *
1969 to 1970 / Germany and Pakistan / United Kingdom
1972 / Afghanistan / Netherlands
1987 / Mexico / United States (one dog and one cat)
1992 / Algeria / France (subsequently implicated in a case of human rabies)
1997 / Morocco / Switzerland
2001 / Morocco / France
2001 / Nepal / Germany
2002 / Morocco / France
2002 / Azerbaijan / Germany
2003 / North Africa / Switzerland
2003 / Estonia / Finland (horse)
2004 / Morocco / France (2 dogs)
2004 / Morocco / Germany
2004 / Thailand / United States
2004 / Puerto Rico / United States
2007 / Morocco / Belgium
2007 / India / United States
2007 / India / Finland
2007 / Morocco / France (2 secondary cases reported among dogs in France)
2008 / Sri Lanka / England
2008 / Gambia / Belgium (the dog was then transported to France by automobile)
2008 / Croatia / Germany
2008 / Iraq / United States
2009 / Afghanistan / France
2010 / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany
2011 / Morocco / France
2012 / Morocco / Spain (the dog was then transported to the Netherlands)
2013 / Morocco / Spain
* Dogs unless otherwise specified
References:
1. Berger SA. Rabies: Global Status, 2013. 382 pages, 548 graphs, 1607 references. Gideon e-books, http://www.gideononline.com/eboo...

Source: GIDEON blog - June 23, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Morocco Rabies Source Type: blogs