The BMA Guide to Rabies

Informing the continuing debate about rabies, this guide reviews the patterns of rabies around the world and the advantages and disadvantages of currently available methods of control and treatment. It predicts the spread of rabies in the event of an outbreak in Britain, and examines policy costs.

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Britain has maintained a largely rabies-free status for most of the 20th century by retaining distinctive quarantine regulations. This work examines the possibility of equally efficient methods of keeping Britain free from the disease. Informing the continuing debate about rabies, this guide reviews the patterns of rabies around the world and the advantages and disadvantages of currently available methods of control and treatment. It predicts the spread of rabies in the event of an outbreak in Britain, and examines the costs of various rabies policies. This guide is published as part of the BMA's programme to raise public and professional awareness of science. It is designed for policy shapers, enforcers of customs controls, doctors and veterinary surgeons.