Why has canine rabies remained endemic in the Kilosa district of Tanzania? Lessons learnt and the way forward

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kipanyula, M J ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Dog bite; Kilosa; Rabies; Tanzania; Vaccination; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOG DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 85006226851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0085-6     Document Type: Article

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