The SARE tool for rabies control: Current experience in Ethiopia

Antiviral Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-80

  Coetzer, A ^a,b   Kidane, A H ^c   Bekele, M ^d   Hundera, A D ^c   Pieracci, E G ^e   Shiferaw, M L ^e   Wallace, R ^e   Nel, L H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Erasmus Forum A434   (South Africa)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d Ethiopian Ministry of Livestock and Fishery Resources   (Ethiopia)

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

Author keywords

Elimination; Ethiopia; One health; Rabies; Stepwise approach

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84992116475     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2016.09.011     Document Type: Review

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