Rabies situation in Cambodia.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Sowath Ly, Philippe Buchy, Nay Yim Heng, Sivuth Ong, Nareth Chhor, Hervé Bourhy, Sirenda Vong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pasteur
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000511; https://doaj.org/article/e07b480dac7444f0bd63f473b313ac6b

Background Rabies, a fatal but preventable zoonosis, is a major public health problem in developing countries. In Cambodia the disease burden is largely underestimated because patients with encephalitis following dog bites are rarely hospitalized and die at home. Since 1998 Institut Pasteur in Cambo...