Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)

Rabies is a threat in all parts of the world where animal reservoirs persists, including Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rabies experts from seven Middle East and Eastern European countries (Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine) met for two days in Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-...

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Main Authors: Orhan Aylan, Aly Fahmy Mohamed El-Sayed, Firouzeh Farahtaj, Ali R. Janani, Olga Lugach, Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi, Gaye Usluer, Rodovan Vodopija, Nenad Vranjes, Noël Tordo, Betty Dodet
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Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Preventive Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/812515
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spelling doaj-8ca2d08cfaa3484b962871346dc9b1352020-11-24T21:03:58ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in Preventive Medicine2090-34992011-01-01201110.4061/2011/812515812515Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)Orhan Aylan0Aly Fahmy Mohamed El-Sayed1Firouzeh Farahtaj2Ali R. Janani3Olga Lugach4Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi5Gaye Usluer6Rodovan Vodopija7Nenad Vranjes8Noël Tordo9Betty Dodet10Rabies Diagnosis and Rabies Vaccine Production Laboratory, Etlik Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute, Ahmet Şefik Kolaylı Cad. No. 23, Etlik, Keçiören, 06020 Ankara, TurkeyApplied Research Sector, Egyptian Company for Biological Products, Drugs and Vaccines (Egy-Vac/VACSERA), 51 Wezaret El Zeraa Street, Agouza, Cairo 22311, EgyptWHO-Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 69 Pasteur Avenue, Tehran 1316943551, IranWHO-Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 69 Pasteur Avenue, Tehran 1316943551, IranEpidemiology Department of the Sanitary and Epidemiology Surveillance Agency, Ministry Health of Ukraine, 01000 Kiev, UkraineVaccine Preventable Diseases Surveillance Division, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), 9 M. Asatiani street, 0177 Tbilisi, GeorgiaInfectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Medical Faculty, Eşkisehir Osmangazi University, Eşkisehir, TurkeyDr. Andrija Štampar Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, CroatiaEpidemiology Department, Pasteur Institute-Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova 1, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaInstitut Pasteur, Paris, FranceDodet Bioscience, Lyon, FranceRabies is a threat in all parts of the world where animal reservoirs persists, including Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rabies experts from seven Middle East and Eastern European countries (Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine) met for two days in Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010), to exchange information on the epidemiological situation concerning human and animal rabies in their respective countries and to discuss strategies for rabies elimination and control. They decided to establish a regional network, the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau (MEEREB), a regional network of experts, to increase collaboration in rabies prevention and control at the local, regional, and global levels.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/812515
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Gaye Usluer
Rodovan Vodopija
Nenad Vranjes
Noël Tordo
Betty Dodet
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Aly Fahmy Mohamed El-Sayed
Firouzeh Farahtaj
Ali R. Janani
Olga Lugach
Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi
Gaye Usluer
Rodovan Vodopija
Nenad Vranjes
Noël Tordo
Betty Dodet
Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
Advances in Preventive Medicine
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Aly Fahmy Mohamed El-Sayed
Firouzeh Farahtaj
Ali R. Janani
Olga Lugach
Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi
Gaye Usluer
Rodovan Vodopija
Nenad Vranjes
Noël Tordo
Betty Dodet
author_sort Orhan Aylan
title Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
title_short Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
title_full Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
title_fullStr Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
title_full_unstemmed Report of the First Meeting of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau, Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010)
title_sort report of the first meeting of the middle east and eastern europe rabies expert bureau, istanbul, turkey (june 8-9, 2010)
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Advances in Preventive Medicine
issn 2090-3499
publishDate 2011-01-01
description Rabies is a threat in all parts of the world where animal reservoirs persists, including Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rabies experts from seven Middle East and Eastern European countries (Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine) met for two days in Istanbul, Turkey (June 8-9, 2010), to exchange information on the epidemiological situation concerning human and animal rabies in their respective countries and to discuss strategies for rabies elimination and control. They decided to establish a regional network, the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau (MEEREB), a regional network of experts, to increase collaboration in rabies prevention and control at the local, regional, and global levels.
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