The Burden of Rabies in Tanzania and Its Impact on Local Communities

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sambo, Maganga ^a,b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Ferguson, Heather ^a,b   Lembo, Tiziana ^a   Simon, Cleophas ^c   Urassa, Honorati ^b   Hampson, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c Livestock Department Temeke Municipal Council   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISINFECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE; ADULT; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; COST OF ILLNESS; DOG; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888214328     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002510     Document Type: Article

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