Browsing by Subject "Rabies"

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Factors associated with poor compliance to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis among dog bite victims in Maswa District in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Walwa, Budodi; Kimaro, Esther; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Sambo, Maganga (Public health, 2024-05-22)

Introduction: administering rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in a timely and appropriate manner remains the most fundamental measure for preventing human rabies. However, a number of barriers to accessing and ...
Integrating a community-based continuous mass dog vaccination delivery strategy into the veterinary system of Tanzania: A process evaluation using normalization process theory

Duamor, Christian; Hampson, Katie; Lankester, Felix; Lugelo, Ahmed; Changalucha, Joel; Lushasi, Kennedy; Czupryna, Anna; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Kreppel, Katharina; Cleaveland, Sarah; Wyke, Sally (Elsevier, 2023-06-03)

Abstract: Sustained vaccination coverage of domestic dog populations can interrupt rabies transmission. How- ever, challenges remain including low dog owner participation, high operational costs associated with ...
Modeling the Dynamics of Rabies Transmission with Vaccination and Stability Analysis

Ega, Tesfaye Tadesse; Luboobi, Livingstone; Kuznetsov, Dmitry (Science Publishing Group, 2015-10-09)

In this paper we formulate a deterministic mathematical model for the transmission dynamics of rabies in human and animal within and around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our model involves vaccination program for dog population. ...