The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: Dispelling doubts with data

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lembo, Tiziana ^a,b   Hampson, Katie ^c   Kaare, Magai T ^d   Ernest, Eblate ^d   Knobel, Darryn ^a   Kazwala, Rudovick R ^e   Haydon, Daniel T ^a   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BITE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOG; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77649198159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000626     Document Type: Article

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