Awareness of Rabies in Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State

Kabir Muhammad

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Awareness of Rabies in Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State

Kabir Muhammad

Published in American Journal of Zoology (Volume 4, Issue 3)

Received: 12 April 2021 Accepted: 17 May 2021 Published: 27 August 2021

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Abstract

Rabies has one of the highest case-fatality ratios of any infectious disease, almost always fatal, caused by lyssavirus infection. It is associated with dysfunction of the neurons after the entrance of rabies virus to the central nervous system, usually in the spinal cord. The bite route is still regarded as the most important means of transmission. Although wild animals are regarded as a host for rabies, dogs and cats remain the most important sources of human exposure. The disease is worldwide in distribution except in Antarctica. The most affected regions are tropical countries in Africa, Asia and South America, which have limited resources for diagnosis, treatment, control surveillance and vaccine production and improvement. Controlling rabies is challenging, due to wide host range and worldwide distribution, availability of many free roaming/stray dogs and lack of awareness about the disease. Diagnosis of the rabies is one of the most difficult duties because of non-specific clinical symptoms, long incubation period and limited diagnostic techniques. Vaccines are expensive and consequently, out of the reach for many people. Apart from high cost and unavailability, they are associated with serious neurologic complications. The economic costs of rabies in Nigeria are associated with vaccinations, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and public education.

Published in	American Journal of Zoology (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajz.20210403.14
Page(s)	45-49
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Rabies, Dogs, Questionnaire

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Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Sule Lamido University, Kafin-Hausa, Nigeria

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