Review on Dog Rabies Vaccination Coverage in Africa: A Question of Dog Accessibility or Cost Recovery?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Jibat, Tariku ^a,b   Hogeveen, Henk ^a   Mourits, Monique C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG BITE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PET ANIMAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RABIES; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; COMPLICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; OWNERSHIP; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84924086371     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003447     Document Type: Article

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