Population Dynamics of Owned, Free-Roaming Dogs: Implications for Rabies Control.

• Main Authors: Anne Conan (Author), Oluyemisi Akerele (Author), Greg Simpson (Author), Bjorn Reininghaus (Author), Jacques van Rooyen (Author), Darryn Knobel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Rabies is a serious yet neglected public health threat in resource-limited communities in Africa, where the virus is maintained in populations of owned, free-roaming domestic dogs. Rabies elimination can be achieved through the mass vaccination of dogs, but maintaining the critical thresh...