Estimation of the incidence of animal rabies in Punjab, India.

BACKGROUND:Rabies is a devastating zoonotic disease of mammals that causes encephalitis and death. It is endemic in India, with an estimated annual 20,000 human deaths (one-third of the global rabies burden). The magnitude of animal rabies incidence is unknown. METHODS:In four sub-districts of Punja...

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Main Authors: Gurlal S Gill, Balbir B Singh, Navneet K Dhand, Rabinder S Aulakh, Bhupinder S Sandhu, Michael P Ward, Victoria J Brookes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222198