Table 1. Transport mode and origin of 21 pets brought from countries enzootic for rabies to western Europe, 2000–2013.
| Transport mode | No (%) rabid pets | Country of origin (no.) | Country of diagnosis (no.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road | 11 (52) | Morocco (9), Croatia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) | France (8), Germany (2), Spain (1) |
| Air | 7 (33) | Morocco (4), Azerbaijan (1), Sri Lanka (1), The Gambia (1) | Germany (2), Belgium (1), France (2), The Netherlands (1), UK (1) |
| Unknown | 1 (5) | Morocco (1) | Switzerland (1) |
| None | 2 (10) | Dogs from France (secondary cases) (2) | France (2) |
| Table 2. Risk that given dogs or cats are rabid on a given day in 10 countries in western Europe relative to pet transport, 2001–2013* | |||
| Country† |
No. pets without signs of rabies |
|
No. days of pet contagiousness for rabies attributed to pet transport |
|
Estimation of probability in the event of contact on a given day with a pet that is contagious for rabies attributed to pet transport | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets without
rabies signs |
|
Total |
Total |
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| Total |
Dogs |
Cats |
Total |
Dogs |
Cats |
Total |
Dogs |
Cats |
Total, PA‡ |
Dogs, PAD§ |
Cats, PAC¶ |
||||
| Belgium | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1.38 × 10–9 | 3.32 × 10–9 | 0 | |||
| France | 91 | 81 | 10 | 67 | 63 | 4 | 158 | 144 | 14 | 1.79 × 10–9 | 3.99 × 10–9 | 2.69 × 10–10 | |||
| Germany | 32 | 32 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 9.83 × 10–10 | 2.50 × 10–9 | 0 | |||
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| The Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.41 × 10–10 | 7.05 × 10–10 | 0 | |||
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spain | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 7.28 × 10–10 | 1.25 × 10–9 | 0 | |||
| Switzerland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1.62 × 10–10 | 7.10 × 10–9 | 0 | |||
| United Kingdom | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1.18 × 10–10 | 2.37 × 10–10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 178 | 168 | 10 | 121 | 117 | 4 | 299 | 285 | 14 | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Mean | 18 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 7.52 × 10–10 | 1.57 × 10–9# | 6.48 × 10–11 | |||
*NA, not applicable. †We considered only countries in western Europe with a population >1 million persons. ‡PA, calculated risk that a given pet is rabid on a given day in a country in western Europe relative to pet transport. §PAC, calculated risk that a given cat is rabid on a given day in a country in western Europe relative to pet transport. ¶PAD, calculated risk that a given dog is rabid on a given day in a country in western Europe relative to pet transport. #PAD was lower if the dog had no signs of rabies (9.25 x 10−10–1.03 x 10−10 for dogs with no signs of rabies and 6.44 x 10−9–6.44 x 10−6 for dogs with signs of rabies assuming that 90%–99.99% had no signs of rabies on a given day).