The Vaccination of 35,000 Dogs in 20 Working Days Using Combined Static Point and Door-to-Door Methods in Blantyre, Malawi.

• Main Authors: Andrew D Gibson (Author), Ian G Handel (Author), Kate Shervell (Author), Tarryn Roux (Author), Dagmar Mayer (Author), Stanford Muyila (Author), Golden B Maruwo (Author), Edwin M S Nkhulungo (Author), Rachel A Foster (Author), Patrick Chikungwa (Author), Bernard Chimera (Author), Barend M deC Bronsvoort (Author), Richard J Mellanby (Author), Luke Gamble (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An estimated 60,000 people die of rabies annually. The vast majority of cases of human rabies develop following a bite from an infected dog. Rabies can be controlled in both human and canine populations through widespread vaccination of dogs. Rabies is particularly problematic in Malawi, costing the...