Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination

PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Human rabies remains a significant public health problem in Africa with
outbreaks reported in most countries. In Nigeria–the most populous country in Africa–rabies …

Dog rabies control in West and Central Africa: A review

C Mbilo, A Coetzer, B Bonfoh, A Angot, C Bebay… - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies is a neglected but preventable zoonotic disease that predominantly affects the most
vulnerable populations living in remote rural areas of resource-limited countries. To date …

Perception of canine rabies among pupils under 15 years in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

AI Al-Mustapha, FO Bamidele… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Rabies is an endemic, highly fatal, and vaccine-preventable disease with severe socio-
economic implications. Most (99%) human rabies cases are transmitted through dog bites …

Modeling the dynamics and control of rabies in dog population within and around Lagos, Nigeria

AA Ayoade, MO Ibrahim - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - Springer
Rabies appeared in Nigeria in 1912 and the disease is endemic in many states of the
country including Lagos. The government of Lagos state, in its efforts to end rabies in the …

Prospects for dog rabies elimination in Nigeria by 2030

AT Abubakar, AI Al‐Mustapha, M Oyewo… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The attainment of the global target of zero dog‐mediated human rabies by 2030 depends on
functional rabies programmes. Nigeria, a rabies‐endemic country, and the most populous …

Awareness and knowledge of canine rabies: A state-wide cross-sectional study in Nigeria

AI Al-Mustapha, AA Tijani, FO Bamidele, O Muftau… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Rabies is a highly fatal disease that is endemic in Nigeria. The poor community awareness
and knowledge of canine rabies have thwarted the realization of zero deaths from dog …

Rabies virus in slaughtered dogs for meat consumption in Ghana: A potential risk for rabies transmission

W Tasiame, P El‐Duah, SAM Johnson… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dog‐mediated rabies is responsible for approximately 60,000 human deaths annually
worldwide. Although dog slaughter for human consumption and its potential risk for rabies …

Computational analysis of rabies and its solution by applying fractional operator

I Alazman, M Narayan Mishra… - … in Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous novel concepts in fractional mathematics have been created to provide numerical
models for a variety of real-world, engineering, and scientific challenges because of the …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and seroprevalence of rabies virus in humans, dogs and other animal species in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis

JNS Wobessi, S Kenmoe, G Mahamat, JTE Belobo… - One Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Rabies is transmitted to humans mainly by dogs but also by other animal species. Reliable
data on the incidence of Rabies virus (RABV) in humans, dogs, and other animal species in …

Molecular detection of rabies lyssaviruses from dogs in Southeastern Nigeria: evidence of transboundarytransmission of rabies in West Africa

UU Eze, EC Ngoepe, BM Anene, RC Ezeokonkwo… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite being the first country to register confirmed cases of Mokola and Lagos bat
lyssaviruses (two very distant lyssaviruses), knowledge gaps, particularly on the molecular …