Rabies exposures, post-exposure prophylaxis and deaths in a region of endemic canine rabies

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hampson, Katie ^a,b   Dobson, Andy ^b   Kaare, Magai ^c   Dushoff, Jonathan ^d   Magoto, Matthias ^e   Sindoya, Emmanuel ^e   Cleaveland, Sarah ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Ministry of Water and Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BITE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; DEATH; DOG; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; AFRICA; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASIA; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASIA; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 65649126015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000339     Document Type: Article

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