Geographic variation in access to dog-bite care in Pakistan and risk of dog-bite exposure in Karachi: prospective surveillance using a low-cost mobile phone system.

• Main Authors: Syed Mohammad Asad Zaidi (Author), Alain B Labrique (Author), Saira Khowaja (Author), Ismat Lotia-Farrukh (Author), Julia Irani (Author), Naseem Salahuddin (Author), Aamir Javed Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Dog-bites and rabies are under-reported in developing countries such as Pakistan and there is a poor understanding of the disease burden. We prospectively collected data utilizing mobile phones for dog-bite and rabies surveillance across nine emergency rooms (ER) in Pakistan, recording p...