Oral rabies vaccination of dogs-Experiences from a field trial in Namibia.

• Main Authors: Conrad Martin Freuling (Author), Frank Busch (Author), Adriaan Vos (Author), Steffen Ortmann (Author), Frederic Lohr (Author), Nehemia Hedimbi (Author), Josephat Peter (Author), Herman Adimba Nelson (Author), Kenneth Shoombe (Author), Albertina Shilongo (Author), Brighton Gorejena (Author), Lukas Kaholongo (Author), Siegfried Khaiseb (Author), Jolandie van der Westhuizen (Author), Klaas Dietze (Author), Goi Geurtse (Author), Thomas Müller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dog-mediated rabies is responsible for tens of thousands of human deaths annually, and in resource-constrained settings, vaccinating dogs to control the disease at source remains challenging. Currently, rabies elimination efforts rely on mass dog vaccination by the parenteral route. To increase the...