Editorial: Towards Elimination of Dog Mediated Human Rabies

Autor: Louise H. Taylor, Anna S. Fahrion, Salome Dürr, Lea Knopf
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 4 (2017)
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Dürr, Salome Esther; Fahrion, Anna S; Knopf, Lea; Taylor, Louise H (2017). Editorial: Towards Elimination of Dog Mediated Human Rabies. Frontiers in veterinary science, 4, p. 142. Frontiers Media 10.3389/fvets.2017.00142
ISSN: 2297-1769
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00142/full
Popis: Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease with a high impact on human and animal health. The disease is almost 100% fatal after clinical signs appear and kills tens of thousands of people per year worldwide. About 99% of infections in humans are caused by rabid domestic dog bites. Human disease is related to poverty, with the highest burden in Asian and African low-income settings. Along with the group of neglected tropical diseases, increasingly recognized by high-level global health policy as...
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