Descriptive analyses of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding rabies transmission and prevention in rural communities near wildlife reserves in Uganda: a One Health cross-sectional study

• Published in: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Main Authors: Collins G. K. Atuheire, James Okwee-Acai, Martha Taremwa, Odoch Terence, Sarah N. Ssali, Frank N. Mwiine, Clovice Kankya, Eystein Skjerve, Morten Tryland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2024
• Subjects: Rabies; Rural communities; Wildlife reserves; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practices; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Murchison
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00615-2; https://doaj.org/article/1ad0ee161d26494a8d64f4ebe60f0361

Abstract Background Despite urban (domestic dog) rabies cycles being the main target for rabies elimination by 2030, sylvatic (wildlife) rabies cycles can act as rabies spillovers especially in settlements contiguous to wildlife reserves. Rural communities next to wildlife reserves are characterized...