Economic and feasibility comparison of the dRIT and DFA for decentralized rabies diagnosis in resource-limited settings: The use of Nigerian dog meat markets as a case study.

• Main Authors: Eze U Ukamaka (Author), Andre Coetzer (Author), Terence P Scott (Author), Boniface M Anene (Author), Romanus C Ezeokonkwo (Author), Chika I Nwosuh (Author), Louis H Nel (Author), Claude T Sabeta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Rabies lyssavirus (RABV) is the aetiologic agent of rabies, a disease that is severely underreported in Nigeria as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia. Despite the role that rabies diagnosis plays towards elucidating the true burden of the disease, Nigeria-a country of 180 million inhabi...