Public Health Investigation in a Military Camp After Diagnosis of Rabies in a Dog—Afghanistan, 2012

Rabies is one of the risks to which travelers are exposed when going abroad. During the summer of 2012, a rabid dog died in an International Military Transit Camp in Afghanistan, leading to a public health investigation briefly reported here. The lessons learned from this episode are that such investigations are complex and that information for travelers needs to be improved.

Source: Journal of Travel Medicine - November 1, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sandrine Duron, Clémence Ertzscheid, Franck de Laval, Ghislain Manet, Cécile Ficko, Guillaume Velut, François Lefèvre, René Migliani, Aurélie Mayet, Jean‐Baptiste Meynard Tags: BRIEF COMMUNICATION Source Type: research