Dog Ecology and Barriers to Canine Rabies Control in the Republic of Haiti, 2014-2015

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1433-1442

  Schildecker, S ^a   Millien, M ^b   Blanton, J D ^a   Boone, J ^c,d,e   Emery, A ^f   Ludder, F ^b   Fenelon, N ^g   Crowdis, K ^h   Destine, A ^g   Etheart, M ^a   Wallace, R M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MARNDR (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural)   (Haïti)

^c Great Basin Bird Observatory   (United States)

^d Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

^e Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Programme Nationale de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose   (Haïti)

^h Christian Veterinary Mission   (Haïti)

Author keywords

disease control; Haiti; rabies; virus; zoonosis; zoonotics

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BITES AND STINGS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HAITI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RABIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84978389120     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12531     Document Type: Article

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