Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) about rabies prevention and control: a community survey in Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Maganga Sambo (Author), Tiziana Lembo (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author), Heather M Ferguson (Author), Lwitiko Sikana (Author), Cleophas Simon (Author), Honorati Urassa (Author), Katie Hampson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite being entirely preventable, canine rabies still kills 55,000 people/year in developing countries. Information about local beliefs and practices can identify knowledge gaps that may affect prevention practices and lead to unnecessary deaths.We investigated knowledge, attitudes and practices r...