Epidemiology and preclinical management of dog bites among humans in Wakiso and Kampala districts, Uganda: Implications for prevention of dog bites and rabies

• Stevens Kisaka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bmkstevens@gmail.com

  Affiliations University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7848-316X

  ⨯
• Fredrick E. Makumbi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  ⨯
• Samuel Majalija,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  ⨯
• Alexander Bangirana,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

  ⨯
• S. M. Thumbi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya, Rabies Free Africa, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Paul G Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

  ⨯