Rabies exposures, post-exposure prophylaxis and deaths in a region of endemic canine rabies.

• Main Authors: Katie Hampson (Author), Andy Dobson (Author), Magai Kaare (Author), Jonathan Dushoff (Author), Matthias Magoto (Author), Emmanuel Sindoya (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thousands of human deaths from rabies occur annually despite the availability of effective vaccines following exposure, and for disease control in the animal reservoir. Our aim was to assess risk factors associated with exposure and to determine why human deaths from endemic canine rabies still occu...