A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths

Affiliations

¹ Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Electronic address: thumbi.mwangi@wsu.edu.
² Right to Care, Centurion, South Africa; Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
³ Epidemiology Unit, Veterinary Services, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; South African Rabies Advisory Group, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

Review

S M Thumbi et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 17;400(10369):2261-2264.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02487-4.

¹ Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Electronic address: thumbi.mwangi@wsu.edu.
² Right to Care, Centurion, South Africa; Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
³ Epidemiology Unit, Veterinary Services, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; South African Rabies Advisory Group, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

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