What has been shown during this year in Ecuador, and especially during this rabies outbreak, is transparency, political commitment to tackle issues and responsiveness.

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Dr Haydon and his colleagues have calculated, using data from a rabies outbreak in 2003, that vaccinating between 10% and 25% would suffice, provided veterinarians gave jabs to those wolves living in the narrow valleys that connect the subpopulations.

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In the only other U.S. outbreak of rabies among organ recipients, the four patients died within a month of transplant in 2004.

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This declaration is largely backed up by epidemiological data, and will allow controlling the current outbreak and building a middle term, multisector action plan, tackling rabies through a systemic approach.

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