Coverage of pilot parenteral vaccination campaign against canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad

• Main Authors: Kayali U. (Author), Mindekem R. (Author), Yémadji N. (Author), Vounatsou P. (Author), Kaninga Y. (Author), Ndoutamia A.G (Author), Zinsstag J. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Canine rabies, and thus human exposure to rabies, can be controlled through mass vaccination of the animal reservoir if dog owners are willing to cooperate. Inaccessible, ownerless dogs, however, reduce the vaccination coverage achieved in parenteral campaigns. This study aimed to estimate the vacci...