Deaths from symptomatically identifiable furious rabies in India: a nationally representative mortality survey.

• Main Authors: Wilson Suraweera (Author), Shaun K Morris (Author), Rajesh Kumar (Author), David A Warrell (Author), Mary J Warrell (Author), Prabhat Jha (Author), Million Death Study Collaborators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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It is estimated that India has more deaths from rabies than any other country. However, existing estimates are indirect and rely on non-representative studies.We examined rabies deaths in the ongoing Million Death Study (MDS), a representative survey of over 122,000 deaths in India that uses enhance...