Rabies: Still a silent killer targeting the poor

Vaccine. 2017 Apr 25;35(18):2293-2294. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 23.

Authors

Henry Wilde¹, Siriporn Ghai², Thiravat Hemachudha³

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: henrywilde27@gmail.com.
² WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: siriporn.ghai@gmail.com.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: fmedthm@gmail.com.

PMID: 28343778
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Access to rabies post exposure prophylaxis in developing countries; Human rabies deaths; Post exposure prophylaxis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Developing Countries*
Disease Reservoirs
Disease Vectors / classification
Dog Diseases / prevention & control
Dog Diseases / transmission
Dog Diseases / virology
Dogs
Health Services Accessibility / economics*
Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis* / economics
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis* / statistics & numerical data
Poverty Areas*
Rabies / diagnosis
Rabies / mortality*
Rabies / prevention & control
Rabies / therapy