A dog rabies vaccination campaign in rural Africa: Impact on the incidence of dog rabies and human dog-bite injuries

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 17-18, 2003, Pages 1974-1982

  Cleaveland, S ^a   Kaare, M ^b   Tiringa, P ^b   Mlengeya, T ^c   Barrat, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Min of Water Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^c Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Dog vaccination; Rabies; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037449083     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00809-5     Document Type: Article

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