Rabies mortality and morbidity associated with animal bites in Africa: a case for integrated rabies disease surveillance, prevention and control: a scoping review

• Seydou Doumbia,
• Abraham Aseffa,
• Reinhard Busse,
• Nyanda Elias Ntinginya,
• Adane Mihret,
• Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu,
• Jacqueline Weyer,
• Rea Tschopp,
• Samuel Victor Nuvor,
• Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi,
• Luke Nyakarahuka,
• Gideon Kofi Helegbe,
• Melaku Tefera Gebreyesus,
• Christian Drosten

Affiliations

Seydou Doumbia

Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology & University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Abraham Aseffa

Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Reinhard Busse

Department of Health Care Management, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Nyanda Elias Ntinginya

Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute of Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania, United Republic of

Adane Mihret

Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Jacqueline Weyer

Centre for Emerging Zoonosis and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rea Tschopp

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Samuel Victor Nuvor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi

Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Luke Nyakarahuka

Department of Biosecurity, Ecosystems and Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Gideon Kofi Helegbe

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Melaku Tefera Gebreyesus

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

Christian Drosten

Institute of Virology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany