Sentences with phrase «eliminate rabid dogs»

Still, it took decades to eliminate rabid dogs as a public health threat in Europe, Japan, and elsewhere.

Still, it took decades to eliminate rabid dogs as a public health threat in Europe, Japan, and elsewhere.

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A team led by Jakob Zinsstag, a veterinary epidemiologist at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, eliminated canine - transmitted rabies for 2 years in N'Djamena, although one rabid dog was detected in 2014, apparently an invader from the countryside.

But the horrible suffering caused by rabies — some patients have convulsions and become aggressive, just like rabid dogs — and the fact that many victims are children led the World Health Organization (WHO) and other groups in 2015 to announce a goal to eliminate rabies deaths worldwide by 2030.