High Incidence of Human Rabies Exposure in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia: A Four-Year Retrospective Study

Gebreyohans Gebru Teklu; Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu; Gebremedhin Romha Eshetu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005271

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High Incidence of Human Rabies Exposure in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia: A Four-Year Retrospective Study

Gebreyohans Gebru Teklu ,

* E-mail: drgebaxum@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Shire Campus, Shire, Ethiopia
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Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu,

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Shire Campus, Shire, Ethiopia
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Gebremedhin Romha Eshetu

Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Technology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia
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High Incidence of Human Rabies Exposure in Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia: A Four-Year Retrospective Study

Gebreyohans Gebru Teklu,
Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu,
Gebremedhin Romha Eshetu

Published: January 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005271

About the Authors

Gebreyohans Gebru Teklu

* E-mail: drgebaxum@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Shire Campus, Shire, Ethiopia

Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Shire Campus, Shire, Ethiopia

Gebremedhin Romha Eshetu

Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Technology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GGT TGH. Formal analysis: GRE. Investigation: GGT TGH. Methodology: GGT TGH. Project administration: GGT. Resources: GRE. Writing – original draft: GGT TGH. Writing – review & editing: GGT TGH GRE.

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