Fig 1.
Geographical distribution of cases of animal bites and human rabies in Maputo and Matola cities between April and July 2014.
Panel A depicts the Mozambique map and the study place is highlighted in blue color. Panel B shows Maputo city in higher magnification. Panel C shows Maputo province in higher magnification. In panel B and C, red numbers represent neighborhoods where cases of human rabies occurred and green color highlight neighborhood where dog bites were reported.
Fig 2.
Frequency of cases of animal bite and rabies deaths in Maputo city and Province, April to July 2014.
Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of human rabies cases during the outbreak between April and August 2014.
Fig 3.
Frequency of signs and symptoms in cases of human rabies.
Table 2.
Characteristics of animal bites registered in Maputo and Matola cities, April to July 2014.
Fig 4.
Epidemiological link between cases of human rabies admitted to Maputo Central Hospital and animal bite and human rabies cases identified at the community level.
The left circles represent the dogs linked to cases initially identified at Maputo Central Hospital. The rectangles with numbered human rabies case (H.R. case #) inside at the right represent human rabies cases identified at Maputo Central Hospital. The rectangles at the right with non numbered human rabies case (H.R. case) or animal bite (A.B. case) represents cases of human rabies and animal bites identified during the community investigation.
Table 3.
Case control study to assess risk factors for human rabies in Maputo city and province between April 1st and August 14th 2014.
Table 4.
Comparison of cases of animal bites and human rabies notified through the routine surveillance system and detected during the investigation in Maputo city, April-July 2014.