What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to quantify the public health and economic burden of endemic canine rabies in Africa and Asia.

May 1, 2005Open Access

Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and Asia.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

Quantifying rabies mortality and economic costs in Africa and Asia, highlighting disparities impacting communities.

The aim is to quantify the public health and economic burden of endemic canine rabies in Africa and Asia.
Applied linked epidemiological and economic models using regional data.
Predicted human population at risk from dog density data.
Estimated human rabies deaths and calculated DALYs associated with rabies.
Estimated 55,000 human rabies deaths annually (90% CI = 24,000-93,000).
Rabies causes a loss of 1.74 million DALYs each year (90% CI = 0.75-2.93).
Annual cost of rabies is USD 583.5 million (90% CI = USD 540.1-626.3 million).

Knobel et al. (2005) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark