| 英文摘要 |
Background Since 1900, and during the Japanese colonial period, there were 11 events of human rabies recorded spread across both northern and southern Taiwan. AfterJapanese rule ended, in 1947 an imported case of rabies from Shanghai caused an epidemic, which peaked in 1951 and 1952, when there were 238 and 102 human cases, respectively. Subsequently, animal reservoirs were controlled through a combination of canine vaccines, the culling of stray dogs, and related immunization and prevention. Starting in 1959, Taiwan underwent a long period of zero native cases of human rabies and three imported cases: one each in 2002 and 2012 from Mainland China and one in 2013 from the Philippines. For more than half a century between 1961 and 2012, monitoring of cats, dogs, and other animals did not uncover any cases of rabies, making Taiwan one of the few rabies-free countries in the world. |
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