Potential for Rabies Control through Dog Vaccination in Wildlife-Abundant Communities of Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Fitzpatrick, Meagan C ^a   Hampson, Katie ^b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^b   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^c,d   Townsend, Jeffrey P ^a   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEXT GENERATION MATRIX MODEL; NONHUMAN; RABIES; SECONDARY INFECTION; TANZANIA; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; TANZANIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865997189     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001796     Document Type: Article

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