Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about Rabies Prevention and Control: A Community Survey in Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WOUND CARE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASES; TANZANIA; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928267346     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003310     Document Type: Article

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