Human rabies despite post-exposure prophylaxis: a systematic review of fatal breakthrough infections after zoonotic exposures

ER Whitehouse, A Mandra, J Bonwitt… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for rabies is widely administered and highly effective.
Nevertheless, sporadic breakthrough infections (ie, rabies in people who have started PEP) …

Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination

PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Human rabies remains a significant public health problem in Africa with
outbreaks reported in most countries. In Nigeria–the most populous country in Africa–rabies …

Dog rabies control in West and Central Africa: A review

C Mbilo, A Coetzer, B Bonfoh, A Angot, C Bebay… - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies is a neglected but preventable zoonotic disease that predominantly affects the most
vulnerable populations living in remote rural areas of resource-limited countries. To date …

Eliminating canine rabies, the principal source of human infection: what will it take?

FX Meslin, DJ Briggs - Antiviral research, 2013 - Elsevier
More than 50,000 people die of rabies each year; most are children in developing countries,
and almost all have been bitten by dogs. Eliminating canine rabies throughout the world …

Rabies mortality and morbidity associated with animal bites in Africa: a case for integrated rabies disease surveillance, prevention and control: a scoping review

PS Nyasulu, J Weyer, R Tschopp, A Mihret, A Aseffa… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The objective of this scoping review was to map the current situation and available
evidence and gaps on rabies morbidity, mortality, integrated rabies surveillance …

Scoping decades of dog evidence: a scoping review of dog bite-related sequelae

J Dhillon, J Hoopes, T Epp - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Objectives There has been considerable literature published focusing on various sequelae
to dog bites over the last three decades. Much of the literature has focused on rabies …

Level and pattern of human rabies and dog bites in Techiman Municipality in the Middle Belt of Ghana: a six year retrospective records review

DT Punguyire, A Osei-Tutu, EV Aleser… - Pan African Medical …, 2017 - ajol.info
Introduction: Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that is transmitted primarily by bites from
rabid dogs and has the highest case fatality rate of most infectious diseases in humans. We …

Prospects for dog rabies elimination in Nigeria by 2030

AT Abubakar, AI Al‐Mustapha, M Oyewo… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The attainment of the global target of zero dog‐mediated human rabies by 2030 depends on
functional rabies programmes. Nigeria, a rabies‐endemic country, and the most populous …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern and outcome of dog bite injuries among children in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

EO Ogundare, OS Olatunya, IO Oluwayemi… - The Pan African …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This is a retrospective study on the clinical data of patients managed for dog bite
related injuries between January 2010 and June 2014. Results In all, 84 cases of dog bite …

Human rabies: still a neglected preventable disease in Nigeria

CB Eke, IB Omotowo, OM Ukoha, BC Ibe - Nigerian journal of clinical …, 2015 - ajol.info
Background/Objectives: Adequate surveillance and monitoring of dog bite incidents are
veritable tools in the determination of the epidemiology of human rabies infections. There is …