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The Burden of Rabies in Tanzania and Its Impact on Local\ud Communities [PDF]

, 2013
Rabies remains a major public health threat in many parts of the world and is responsible for an estimated 55,000 human deaths annually. The burden of rabies is estimated to be around US$20 million in Africa, with the highest financial expenditure being ...
Cleaveland, Sarah, Ferguson, Heather, Hampson, Katie, Lembo, Tiziana, Sambo, Maganga, Simon, Cleophas, Urassa, Honorati   +6 more
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Contexts and consequences of dog bite incidents [PDF]

, 2017
Dog bites are a contentious issue within the United Kingdom due to their effect on public health and increasing incidence. Despite multiple expert-led dog bite prevention schemes being available, there is limited evidence regarding the surrounding ...
Christley, R, Oxley, JA, Westgarth, C
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The risk of rabies spread in Japan: a mathematical modeling assessment [PDF]

, 2018
Rabies was eliminated from Japan in 1957. In the 60 years since elimination, vaccination coverage has declined and dog ownership habits have changed. The purpose of this study was to assess the current risk of rabies spread in Japan. A spatially explicit
Hampson, K., Kadowaki, H., Makita, K., Tojinbara, K., Yamada, A.   +4 more
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Awareness of rabies and response to dog bites in a Bangladesh community [PDF]

, 2016
Community awareness regarding rabies and treatment seeking behaviours are critical both for the prevention and control of the disease in human and animals.
Ahmed, Be-Nazir, B. Hossain, Muhammad, C. Debnath, Nitish, Chowdhury, Sukanta, Ghosh, Sumon, Haider, Najmul, K. Bhowmik, Rajub, S. Prue Marma, Aung, S. Rana, Md.   +8 more
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Education of children and adolescents for the prevention of dog bite injuries. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Dog bites can have dramatic consequences for children and adolescents. Educating young people on how to interact with dogs could contribute to reducing dog bite injuries. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of educational interventions
Blackhall, Karen, Burri, Mafalda, Duperrex, Olivier, Jeannot, Emilien   +3 more
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Paediatric emergency department dog bite attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic: an audit at a tertiary children’s hospital

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2021
Background Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic include strict public health measures, such as national lockdowns. During these measures, paediatric emergency department attendances have declined and the prevalence of presenting complaints has changed ...
Carri Westgarth, Robert M Christley, John S P Tulloch, Simon Minford, Vicky Pimblett, Matt Rotheram   +5 more
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Online videos indicate human and dog behaviour preceding dog bites and the context in which bites occur

Scientific Reports, 2018
YouTube videos of dog bites present an unexplored opportunity to observe dog bites directly. We recorded the context of bites, bite severity, victim and dog characteristics for 143 videos and for 56 videos we coded human and dog behaviour before the bite.
Sara C. Owczarczak-Garstecka, Francine Watkins, Rob Christley, Carri Westgarth   +3 more
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Epidemiology of dog bites in Patna: A cross sectional study

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2015
Background: Dogs bite more than 4.7 million people a globally. India has the highest rate of human rabies in the world, primarily because of stray dogs, whose number has largely increased since 2001.
N Agarwal, C M Singh, Kumar Gulsha, S Singh, S Sinha, K Singh, G K Singh   +6 more
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Determinants of health seeking behaviour following rabies exposure in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2018
The objective of this study was to identify factors that determine medical treatment seeking behaviour following potential rabies exposure after being bitten by a suspected dog and the likelihood of compliance to receive sufficient doses of post-exposure
Ayele W., C. W. Revie, Cleaveland S., CSA, Dohoo I. R., Feyisetan B. J., H. Hogeveen, Knobel D. L., M. C. M. Mourits, T. J. Beyene, Tepsumethanon V., Tipping G.   +11 more
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Insights about the Epidemiology of Dog Bites in a Canadian City Using a Dog Aggression Scale and Administrative Data

Animals, 2019
Dog bites are a public health concern that also implicates animal welfare, with negative outcomes such as rehoming or euthanasia for the animals responsible.
Niamh Caffrey, Melanie Rock, Olivia Schmidtz, Doug Anderson, Melissa Parkinson, Sylvia L. Checkley   +5 more
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