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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Gossner, Céline M author Mailles, Alexandra author Aznar, Inma author Dimina, Elina author Echevarria, Juan Emilio author Feruglio, Siri Laura author Lange, Heidi author Maraglino, Francesco Paolo author Parodi, Patrizia author Perevoscikovs, Jurijs author Van der Stede, Yves author Bakonyi, Tamás author 2020-09 Rabies is enzootic in over one hundred countries worldwide. In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), the vast majority of human rabies cases are travellers bitten by dogs in rabies-enzootic countries, mostly in Asia and Africa. Thus, EU/EEA travellers visiting rabies enzootic countries should be aware of the risk of being infected with the rabies virus when having physical contact with mammals. They should consider pre-exposure vaccination following criteria recommended by the World Health Organization and if unvaccinated, immediately seek medical attention in case of bites or scratches from mammals. As the majority of the EU/EEA countries are free from rabies in mammals, elimination of the disease (no enzootic circulation of the virus and low number of imported cases) has been achieved by 2020. However, illegal import of potentially infected animals, mainly dogs, poses a risk to public health and might threaten the elimination goal. Additionally, newly recognised bat lyssaviruses represent a potential emerging threat as the rabies vaccine may not confer protective immunity. To support preparedness activities in EU/EEA countries, guidance for the assessment and the management of the public health risk related to rabies but also other lyssaviruses, should be developed. Euro Surveill . 2020 Sep;25(38):2000158. 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2000158 1025-496X Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 32975184 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/11404 Bats Dog Lyssaviruses Rabies Travel Vaccination Prevention of human rabies: a challenge for the European Union and the European Economic Area