The rise in rabies cases in Thailand is now posing concern for public health officials as laboratorial tests of dog heads showed positive to rabies virus, contradicting to the Ministry of Public Health’s campaign that intends to make all province free of rabies cases.

Under such campaign, some authorities are reluctant to report rabies cases of their provinces to the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Faculty of Medicines of Chulalongkorn University for laboratory tests in order to fulfill the campaign.

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