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Eliminating Rabies in Estonia 1 1 2 3 2 Florence Cliquet *, Emmanuelle Robardet , Kylli Must , Marjana Laine , Katrin Peik , Evelyne Picard- 1 4 5 Meyer , Anne-Laure Guiot , Enel Niin ´ 1 Nancy OIE/WHO/EU Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Malzeville, France, 2 Veterinary and Food Laboratory, Tartu, Estonia, 3 Luuvaniementie 6A-32, Helsinki, Finland, 4 Conseils en Pharmacie et Biologie, Sainte Foy les Lyon, France, 5 Veterinary and Food Board of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia Abstract The compulsory vaccination of pets, the recommended vaccination of farm animals in grazing areas and the extermination of stray animals did not succeed in eliminating rabies in Estonia because the virus was maintained in two main wildlife reservoirs, foxes and raccoon dogs. These two species became a priority target therefore in order to control rabies. Supported by the European Community, successive oral vaccination (OV) campaigns were conducted twice a year using RabigenH SAG2 baits, beginning in autumn 2005 in North Estonia. They were then extended to the whole territory from spring 2006. Following the vaccination campaigns, the incidence of rabies cases dramatically decreased, with 266 cases in 2005, 114 in 2006, four in 2007 and three in 2008. Since March 2008, no rabies cases have been detected in Estonia other than three cases reported in summer 2009 and one case in January 2011, all in areas close to the South-Eastern border with Russia. The bait uptake was satisfactory, with tetracycline positivity