Rabies mortality and morbidity associated with animal bites in Africa: a case for integrated rabies disease surveillance, prevention and control: a sco** review

PS Nyasulu, J Weyer, R Tschopp, A Mihret, A Aseffa… - BMJ open, 2021‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The objective of this sco** review was to map the current situation and available
evidence and gaps on rabies morbidity, mortality, integrated rabies surveillance …

[HTML][HTML] Practical review of the management of animal bites

AN Savu, AR Schoenbrunner, R Politi… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2021‏ - journals.lww.com
Background: Animal bites are common worldwide. Due to the plethora of animals, there are
diverse pathogens with specific associated risks and treatment algorithms. It is crucial to …

Current status of human rabies prevention: remaining barriers to global biologics accessibility and disease elimination

CE Rupprecht, N Salahuddin - Expert review of vaccines, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Rabies is a serious, neglected tropical disease. Zoonotic agents are RNA
viruses (Genus Lyssavirus, Family Rhabdoviridae), global in distribution. As an acute …

Healthcare demand in response to rabies elimination campaigns in Latin America

J Yoder, E Younce, F Lankester… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
The World Health Organization, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and
Agriculture Organization have resolved to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites …

Trends and spatial distribution of animal bites and vaccination status among victims and the animal population, Uganda: A veterinary surveillance system analysis …

F Monje, D Kadobera, DB Ndumu… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Rabies is a vaccine-preventable fatal zoonotic disease. Uganda, through the veterinary
surveillance system at National Animal Disease Diagnostics and Epidemiology Centre …

Consequences of geographical accessibility to post-exposure treatment for rabies and snakebite in Africa: a mini review

A Faust, N Ray - Frontiers in Health Services, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction Rabies and snakebite envenoming are two zoonotic neglected tropical
diseases (NTDs) transmitted to humans by animal bites, causing each year around 179,000 …

One-year descriptive analysis of patients treated at an anti-rabies clinic—A retrospective study from Kashmir

K Bashir, I Haq, SMS Khan… - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Dog bites in humans are a major public health problem in India in general and Kashmir in
particular. Canine rabies is almost non-existent in developed countries and exists mainly in …

Dog demography, rabies awareness and dog bite cases in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia

H Worku, K Amenu, T Kassa, N Kebede… - Ethiopian Veterinary …, 2023‏ - ajol.info
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that affects humans and animals and dogs are the primary
source of infection. Information on domestic dog populations is vitally important for rabies …

A review of human dog‐bite injuries in Kitui South subcounty, Kenya (2017–2021)

P Kung′ u, D Brodbelt - Veterinary record open, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Dog bites continue to be a serious public health issue due to their association
with the transmission of rabies virus. In Kenya, there are no studies estimating dog‐bite …

Trends in human animal-bite cases and rabies control efforts in Iringa region, Tanzania.

JT Choga, JA John… - Tanzania Veterinary …, 2024‏ - search.ebscohost.com
Animal-bites are the major cause for rabies transmission to humans. A retrospective study
was conducted to determine trends in human animal-bites, spatial distribution and rabies …