Estimating the Size of Dog Populations in Tanzania to Inform Rabies Control [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2018 Estimates of dog population sizes are a prerequisite for delivering effective canine rabies control. However, dog population sizes are generally unknown in most rabies-endemic areas.
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Incentives Increase Participation in Mass Dog Rabies Vaccination Clinics and Methods of Coverage Estimation Are Assessed to Be Accurate. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 In this study we show that incentives (dog collars and owner wristbands) are effective at increasing owner participation in mass dog rabies vaccination clinics and we conclude that household questionnaire surveys and the mark-re-sight (transect survey ...
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Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019 Introduction: To achieve the global goal of canine-mediated human rabies elimination by 2030 there is an urgent need to scale-up mass dog vaccination activities in regions with large dog populations that are difficult to access; a common situation in ...
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Designing programs for eliminating canine rabies from islands: Bali, Indonesia as a case study [PDF]
, 2013 <p>Background: Canine rabies is one of the most important and feared zoonotic diseases in the world. In some regions rabies elimination is being successfully coordinated, whereas in others rabies is endemic and continues to spread to uninfected ...
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Proof of concept of mass dog vaccination for thecontrol and elimination of canine rabies. [PDF]
Rev Sci Tech, 2018 Cleaveland S +6 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Canine rabies causes an estimated 60,000 human deaths per year, but these deaths are preventable through post-exposure prophylaxis of people and vaccination of domestic dogs.
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System dynamics modelling approach to explore the effect of dog demography on rabies vaccination coverage in Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Dogs are important reservoirs of rabies, a zoonotic viral encephalitis that kills thousands of people in Asia and Africa annually. Mass dog vaccination is recommended for the prevention of rabies in both humans and dogs.
Nozyechi Ngulube Chidumayo
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 BackgroundAn estimated 75% or more of the human rabies cases in Africa occur in rural settings, which underscores the importance of rabies control in these areas.
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DO WE NEED ORAL BAIT VACCINATION TO ELIMINATE DOG MEDIATED HUMAN RABIES?
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Oral rabies vaccines (ORVs) have been used successfully to control rabies in carnivore reservoir populations across the globe. Fox rabies was eliminated from Europe through strategic distribution of ORVs across Western Europe from 1978.
Gowri Yale
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Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa
Nature Communications, 2023 Previous research suggests that dog mass vaccination campaigns can eliminate rabies locally, resulting in large human and animal life gains. Despite these demonstrated benefits, dog vaccination programs remain scarce on the African continent.
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