Progress towards eliminating canine rabies: Policies and perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1623, 2013, Pages

  Vigilato, Marco Antonio Natal ^a   Clavijo, Alfonso ^b   Knobl, Terezinha ^c   Silva, Hugo Marcelo Tamayo ^b   Cosivi, Ottorino ^b   Schneider, Maria Cristina ^d   Leanes, Luis Fernando ^a   Belotto, Albino José ^e   Espinal, Marcos Antonio ^d  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Peru)

^b Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e Veterinary Public Health Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine; Caribbean; Latin America; Prevention and control; Rabies; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; VACCINATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; CARIBBEAN; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASES; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRENDS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LATIN AMERICA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES;

EID: 84879391136     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0143     Document Type: Review

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