Rabies in Greece; historical perspectives in view of the current re-emergence in wild and domestic animals

Tsiodras, Sotirios; Κορού, Λασκαρίνα-Μαρία; Tzani, Myrsini; Tasioudi, Konstantia E.; Kalachanis, Konstantinos; Mangana-Vougiouka, O; Rigakos, George S.; Δουγάς, Γεώργιος; Seimenis, A.; Kontos, V.

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.013

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“…Nowadays, this speculation has been confirmed, given that more than 60% of infectious outbreaks was caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals [13,14]. A common example is rabies, whose symptomatology has been described in detail by ancient Greek physicians, who were aware of the zoonotic origin of the disease [15]. The same applies to the Black Death (Great Bubonic Plague in Europe from 1347 to 1670 [16].…”

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All roads lead to Rome: Aspects of public health in ancient Rome

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Modern western civilization can be traced back to the Roman antiquity in terms of policy, legislation, art, and culture. The development of ancient Rome from a kingdom in Latio to a democracy and finally a thriving empire has paved the way for medicine and public health. As a kingdom, Rome has established laws for maternal health and abortion. Later on, as a democracy, Rome payed special attention to sanitation and infections control building aqueducts and public baths. During the imperial period, apart from the aforementioned, Ro-SUMMARY man administration improved public health measures with regard to pandemics. The correlation of infectious outbreaks with animals, are considered as one of the first noticed of zoonotic diseases in the field of public health. The term public health itself (medici publici) can be traced back to doctors appointed with public health and disease control duties in Ancient Rome.

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Section: Public Health In Imperial Romementioning

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All roads lead to Rome: Aspects of public health in ancient Rome

2021

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“…Despite the elimination of rabies virus (RABV) circulation and spillover to other species, including domestic animals and human beings, in Western European countries, costly control efforts are also required in other European countries in order to eliminate the disease (WHO 2013). Wildlife rabies still occurs in the Balkans posing a threat to neighbouring rabies‐free countries, as in the case of Greece, where after 25 years of rabies‐free status, a red fox was found positive in 2012 (Tasioudi and others 2014, Tsiodras and others 2014).…”

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