Knowledge and practices towards rabies and determinants of dog rabies vaccination in households: A cross sectional study in an area with high dog bite incidents in Kakamega County, Kenya, 2013

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mucheru, Gerald Mburu ^a   Kikuvi, Gideon Mutie ^b   Amwayi, Samuel Anyangu ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Clusters; Determinants; Dog; Dog bite; Household; Knowledge; Practices; Rabies; Survey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABIES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CARE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; DOG; DOG DISEASES; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910045218     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.255.4745     Document Type: Article

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