Rabies awareness and dog ownership among rural northern and southern Chadian communities—Analysis of a community-based, cross-sectional household survey

Acta Tropica

Volumn 175, Issue , 2017, Pages 100-111

  Mbilo, Céline ^a   Léchenne, Monique ^b,c   Hattendorf, Jan ^b,c   Madjadinan, Séraphin ^d   Anyiam, Franziska ^b,c   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Centre de Support en Sant International   (Chad)

Author keywords

Awareness; Chad; Community; Dog:human ratio; Rabies; Rural

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHAD; CHRISTIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG BITE; DOG POPULATION DENSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRATION; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSLIM; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; DOG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

CHAD;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; RABIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001105728     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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