Human rabies focusing on dog ecology-A challenge to public health in Sri Lanka

Acta Tropica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Kumarapeli, Vindya ^a,b   Awerbuch Friedlander, Tamara ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dog ecology; Rabies; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MAPPING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SRI LANKA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RABIES; SRI LANKA; ZOONOSES;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 68249112924     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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