Can rabies be controlled environmentally?
Rabies contracted from canine bites accounts for more than 99% of all human rabies. Scandinavian countries eradicated rabies by environmental measures including stray dog control. The UK has relied heavily on quarantine and importation of mammals controls, but does have a program of dog control. Local programs have included attempts to vaccinate foxes to create an immune barrier at the entrance to the Rhone Valley; Switzerland has been freed of rabies. Research continues.
