Rabies in Kazakhstan.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Akmetzhan A Sultanov, Sarsenbay K Abdrakhmanov, Aida M Abdybekova, Bolat S Karatayev, Paul R Torgerson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004889; https://doaj.org/article/cf678b90aebc4203822bf3737e976fa9

BACKGROUND:Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease. There is a sparsity of data on this disease with regard to the incidence of human and animal disease in many low and middle income countries. Furthermore, rabies results in a large economic impact and a high human burden of disease. Kazakhstan is a...