Experts unveil plan to end rabies globally via dog vaccinations

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Experts unveil plan to end rabies globally via dog vaccinations

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/experts-unveil-plan-end-rabies-globally-via-dog-180317247.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qf5b9dBXvAn04.rWThNAZg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-25T180632Z_1_LYNXNPEA8O0RY_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-RABIES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A veterinarian prepares a dosage of rabies vaccine at the 2014 Taipei Pet Show at Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei" align="left" title="A veterinarian prepares a dosage of rabies vaccine at the 2014 Taipei Pet Show at Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabies experts on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for eliminating the pernicious disease, which almost always is caused by bites from rabid dogs and kills tens of thousands of people a year worldwide, through a program of mass dog vaccinations in targeted regions. The viral disease is rare in developed countries thanks to routine vaccination of pet dogs, but still kills about 69,000 people globally every year, mostly in poor and rural parts of Africa and Asia. About a third of rabies-related deaths are in India alone. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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