Epidemiological aspects of the persistent transmission of rabies during an outbreak (2010 – 2017) in Harare, Zimbabwe

Canine-mediated human rabies is endemic to the entire African continent, where the disease burden is often highest in rural communities of resource-limited countries. In this study, we analysed an animal rabies outbreak, which had persisted since 2010 in the predominantly metropolitan capital city o...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0210018
Main Authors:	Coetzer, Andre, Gwenhure, Lambert, Makaya, Pious, Markotter, Wanda, Nel, Louis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 10.01.2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Animal vaccines Animals Bayes Theorem Bayesian analysis Biochemistry Biology and Life Sciences Cities Computer and Information Sciences Disease Disease control Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease transmission Dog Diseases - epidemiology Dog Diseases - prevention & control Dogs Epidemiology Genomes Humans Immunization Internet Laboratories Markov Chains Medicine and Health Sciences Monte Carlo Method Outbreaks People and Places Population Population Surveillance - methods Public awareness Public health Rabies Rabies - epidemiology Rabies - prevention & control Rabies - transmission Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage Risk factors Rural areas Rural communities Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Suburbs Urban areas Vaccination Vaccination - methods Vaccination - statistics & numerical data Virology Viruses Zimbabwe - epidemiology Zoonoses Zimbabwe Cities South Africa Harare Zimbabwe Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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