Human rabies deaths in Africa: Breaking the cycle of indifference

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-6

  Dodet, Betty ^a   Tejiokem, Mathurin C ^b   Aguemon, Abdou Rahman ^c   Bourhy, Hervé ^d  

^a AfroREB coordinator Dodet Bioscience   (France)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Ebola; Rabies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEATH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; POVERTY; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922428906     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu071     Document Type: Article

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