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1. Long term trends and spatial distribution of animal bite injuries and deaths due to human rabies infection in Uganda, 2001-2015.

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Ben Masiira, Issa Makumbi, Joseph K B Matovu, Alex Riolexus Ario, Immaculate Nabukenya, Christine Kihembo, Frank Kaharuza, Monica Musenero, and Anthony Mbonye

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Medicine, Science
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BACKGROUND:In the absence of accurate data on trends and the burden of human rabies infection in developing countries, animal bite injuries provide useful information to bridge that gap. Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case fatality rate approaching 100%. Despite availability of effective prevention and control strategies, rabies still kills 50,000 to 60,000 people worldwide annually, the majority of whom are in the developing world. We describe trends and geographical distribution of animal bite injuries (a proxy of potential exposure to rabies) and deaths due to suspected human rabies in Uganda from 2001 to 2015. METHODS:We used 2001-2015 surveillance data on suspected animal bite injuries, collected from health facilities in Uganda. To describe annual trends, line graphs were used and linear regression tested significance of observed trends at P

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2018
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2. Long term trends and spatial distribution of animal bite injuries and deaths due to human rabies infection in Uganda, 2001-2015

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Monica Musenero, Christine Kihembo, Alex Riolexus Ario, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Issa Makumbi, Anthony K. Mbonye, Ben Masiira, Frank Kaharuza, and Immaculate Nabukenya

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Male, RNA viruses, Viral Diseases, Epidemiology, medicine.medical_treatment, Population Dynamics, Poison control, lcsh:Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, medicine.disease_cause, Geographical Locations, 0302 clinical medicine, Cause of Death, Zoonoses, Case fatality rate, Medicine and Health Sciences, Uganda, Public and Occupational Health, Bites and Stings, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, lcsh:Science, Mammals, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Incidence, Eukaryota, Infectious Diseases, One Health, Medical Microbiology, Child, Preschool, Viral Pathogens, Vertebrates, Viruses, Female, Pathogens, Research Article, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Infectious Disease Control, Rabies, 030231 tropical medicine, Population, Disease Surveillance, Microbiology, Rabies Virus, 03 medical and health sciences, Dogs, Environmental health, Injury prevention, medicine, Animals, Humans, Mortality, Post-exposure prophylaxis, education, Microbial Pathogens, Demography, Retrospective Studies, Population Biology, business.industry, Rabies virus, lcsh:R, Infant, Newborn, Organisms, Infant, Biology and Life Sciences, Tropical Diseases, medicine.disease, Geographic Distribution, Infectious Disease Surveillance, People and Places, Africa, Amniotes, Lyssavirus, lcsh:Q, business
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Background In the absence of accurate data on trends and the burden of human rabies infection in developing countries, animal bite injuries provide useful information to bridge that gap. Rabies is one of the most deadly infectious diseases, with a case fatality rate approaching 100%. Despite availability of effective prevention and control strategies, rabies still kills 50,000 to 60,000 people worldwide annually, the majority of whom are in the developing world. We describe trends and geographical distribution of animal bite injuries (a proxy of potential exposure to rabies) and deaths due to suspected human rabies in Uganda from 2001 to 2015. Methods We used 2001–2015 surveillance data on suspected animal bite injuries, collected from health facilities in Uganda. To describe annual trends, line graphs were used and linear regression tested significance of observed trends at P

Published
2018

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