The feasibility of canine rabies elimination in Africa: dispelling doubts with data.

• Main Authors: Tiziana Lembo (Author), Katie Hampson (Author), Magai T Kaare (Author), Eblate Ernest (Author), Darryn Knobel (Author), Rudovick R Kazwala (Author), Daniel T Haydon (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Canine rabies causes many thousands of human deaths every year in Africa, and continues to increase throughout much of the continent.This paper identifies four common reasons given for the lack of effective canine rabies control in Africa: (a) a low priority given for disease control as a result of...