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Rabies transmitted by dogs kills 60,000 people a year, study finds
Report finds average of 160 people a day die of the almost completely preventable disease
First published:
Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 13:21
A study has found that almost 60,000 people die every year from rabies transmitted by dogs.
The report is the first to consider the impact of canine-spread rabies in terms of deaths and the economic costs of the disease around the world.
The UK was declared rabies-free in 1902, with almost all human deaths occurring in Asia and Africa, but in 2003 it was recognised that some British bats may carry a rabies-like virus...
Rabies transmitted by dogs kills 60,000 people a year, study finds
Report finds average of 160 people a day die of the almost completely preventable disease
First published:
Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 13:21
A study has found that almost 60,000 people die every year from rabies transmitted by dogs.
The report is the first to consider the impact of canine-spread rabies in terms of deaths and the economic costs of the disease around the world.
The UK was declared rabies-free in 1902, with almost all human deaths occurring in Asia and Africa, but in 2003 it was recognised that some British bats may carry a rabies-like virus...