Economic and feasibility comparison of the dRIT and DFA for decentralized rabies diagnosis in resource-limited settings: The use of Nigerian dog meat markets as a case study.

BACKGROUND:Rabies lyssavirus (RABV) is the aetiologic agent of rabies, a disease that is severely underreported in Nigeria as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia. Despite the role that rabies diagnosis plays towards elucidating the true burden of the disease, Nigeria-a country of 180 million inhabi...

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Main Authors: Eze U Ukamaka, Andre Coetzer, Terence P Scott, Boniface M Anene, Romanus C Ezeokonkwo, Chika I Nwosuh, Louis H Nel, Claude T Sabeta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008088