The road to dog rabies control and elimination-What keeps us from moving faster?

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Fahrion, Anna S ^a   Taylor, Louise H ^b   Torres, Gregorio ^c   Müller, Thomas ^d   Dürr, Salome ^e   Knopf, Lea ^a   De Balogh, Katinka ^f   Nel, Louis H ^b,g   Gordoncillo, Mary Joy ^c   Abela Ridder, Bernadette ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^c Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (France)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dog rabies; Global framework; Implementation; Neglected tropical diseases; Rabies; Zero human deaths

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032371844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2017.00103     Document Type: Article

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