EPIDEMIOLOGY

-Tens of thousandths of people die each year because of rabies.

-Canine Rabies Reduce Programmes have reduced sustancially cases in Latin America and the Caribbean

-Cases of Human Rabies decreased from about 250 to 10 in 20 years

-More human deaths by rabies happen in Asia than anywhere else in the world (Africa close by)

-Organizations plan to eliminate canine rabies from the Americas by 2015