Fig 1.
Map of El Nido, Palawan, Philippines showing villages and location of elementary schools and animal bite treatment center (ABTC).
Fig 2.
Timeline of study activities.
Table 1.
Parameters used to estimate cost of PrEP for the study cohort.
Table 2.
Parameters used to estimate costs of PEP according to PrEP status.
Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of study cohort (N = 4700).
Table 4.
Number of pre-exposure vaccination doses received by students in El Nido elementary schools based on municipal health office records, January to February 2012.
Table 5.
Reasons for non-vaccination of children (N = 328) in school during mass vaccination campaign in El Nido elementary schools, January and February 2012.
Fig 3.
Percentages of students who knew about rabies based on pre and post-tests of students in El Nido elementary schools, school year 2012–13.
Fig 4.
Sources of information on rabies of elementary school students in El Nido, July 2012 and March 2013.
Fig 5.
Number and type of bites reported by study cohort, January 2011 to December 2012.
Table 6.
Number and type of animal bites among the study cohort using active surveillance, 2011–2012.
Table 7.
Number of dog bite consultations of 5–14 year old children at the El Nido animal bite treatment center by category using passive surveillance, 2011 to 2012.
Fig 6.
Incidence of category II and III dog bites among 5–14 year old children in El Nido estimated from passive and active surveillance, 2011 to 2012.
Table 8.
Estimated dog bite incidence among 5–14 year old children in El Nido using passive and active surveillance, 2011 and 2012.
Table 9.
Vaccination costs related to anti-rabies PrEP among the study cohort.
Table 10.
Costs of PEP according to PrEP status over 1 year.