Regulatory Systems for Prevention and Control of Rabies, Japan
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid1409.070845
- PMID
- 18760002
- PMCID
- PMC2603086
- OpenAlex
- W2096460420
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The paper presents Japan’s rabies regulatory system as a practical example of elimination-oriented prevention and control. The abstract explicitly frames the current system as a potential model for rabies elimination elsewhere.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article addresses how Japan’s rabies prevention and control regulations are organized in a country described as rabies-free, with attention to historical imported human cases and control measures.
Study design
A descriptive journal article focused on Japan’s rabies regulatory system and control framework. The abstract reads as a policy-oriented overview rather than an original analytic study.
Population and setting
Japan is the setting. The abstract refers to domestic dogs, susceptible imported animals, and imported human rabies cases as part of the national context.
Main findings
The abstract states that Japan has remained free of locally reported rabies for about 50 years, aside from three imported human cases in 1970 and 2006. It says the authors attribute this status to geographic isolation plus prevention and control measures such as dog registration and vaccination, quarantine of susceptible imports, and national action plans based on research; it also notes regulatory upgrades effective from April 2007.
Public-health relevance
The paper presents Japan’s rabies regulatory system as a practical example of elimination-oriented prevention and control. The abstract explicitly frames the current system as a potential model for rabies elimination elsewhere.
Important limitations
No explicit study limitations are stated in the abstract. This summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata, so the original paper is needed for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
This article provides background context on rabies control policy in Japan and may be useful for literature discovery around elimination-focused regulations. It should not be read as live surveillance evidence or as confirmation of a current signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 10 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.