Thumbi SM, Blumberg L, le Roux K, Salahuddin N, Abela B.A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths. The Lancet. Vol 400.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02487-4
Every year, an estimated 59 000 vaccine-preventable deaths occur globally due to rabies.
These deaths occur despite more than 100 years of existence of effective vaccines against rabies in humans and dogs, which serve as the main source of infection for humans.
Epidemiology
2022