Knowledge, attitudes and practices of animal bite victims attending an anti-rabies health center in Jimma Town, Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kabeta, Tadele ^a,b   Deresa, Benti ^a   Tigre, Worku ^a   Ward, Michael P ^c   Mor, Siobhan M ^c,d  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; BOVINE; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; EQUIDAE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ISLAM; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; VACCINATION; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; CAT DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DOG DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84934783696     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003867     Document Type: Article

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