Epidemiology, clinical features and risk factors for human rabies and animal bites during an outbreak of rabies in Maputo and Matola cities, Mozambique, 2014: Implications for public health interventions for rabies control.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on July 24, 2017

Authors

Cristolde Salomão1, Amílcar Nacima2, Lutero Cuamba3, Lorna Gujral4, Olga Amiel5, Cynthia Baltazar1, Julie Cliff6, Eduardo Samo Gudo1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surveillance, National Institute of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
2: Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, National Institute of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
3: Maputo City Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
4: Department of Epidemiology, National Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
5: Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, National Directorate of Public Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
6: Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.

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