Domestic dog demographics and estimates of canine vaccination coverage in a rural area of Zambia for the elimination of rabies

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Vol. 15; no. 4; p. e0009222
• Main Authors: Kaneko, Chiho, Omori, Ryosuke, Sasaki, Michihito, Kataoka-Nakamura, Chikako, Simulundu, Edgar, Muleya, Walter, Moonga, Ladslav, Ndebe, Joseph, Hang’ombe, Bernard M., Dautu, George, Qiu, Yongjin, Nakao, Ryo, Kajihara, Masahiro, Mori-Kajihara, Akina, Chambaro, Herman M., Higashi, Hideaki, Sugimoto, Chihiro, Sawa, Hirofumi, Mweene, Aaron S., Takada, Ayato, Isoda, Norikazu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science (PLoS) 28.04.2021; Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Animals; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; Bayes Theorem; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Control; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Domestic animals; Female; Health aspects; Male; Mass Vaccination; Medicine and Health Sciences; Ownership; People and Places; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Rabies; Rabies Vaccines; RC955-962; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Rural Population; Sparsely populated areas; Surveys; Vaccination Coverage; Vaccination of animals; Zambia; Zambia

An estimated 75% or more of the human rabies cases in Africa occur in rural settings, which underscores the importance of rabies control in these areas. Understanding dog demographics can help design strategies for rabies control and plan and conduct canine mass vaccination campaigns effectively in...