Difficulties in estimating the human burden of canine rabies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-140

  Taylor, Louise H ^a,b   Hampson, Katie ^b   Fahrion, Anna ^c   Abela Ridder, Bernadette ^c   Nel, Louis H ^a,d  

^a Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canine rabies; Disease burden; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; LEGISLATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RABIES; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BITE; CANINE RABIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECISION TREE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN BURDEN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RABIES; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84951989031     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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