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Rabies in Tanzania
Rabies has been described as a fatal, preventable zoonosis that infects the central nervous system of mammals, it is caused by the virus called lyssavirus. This disease, which can affect all mammals, is transmitted in the saliva of infectious animals through bite or even when there is open tissues that is when the virus enters through it. Rabies is endemic in low income countries, causing an estimated 55,000 human deaths each year with over 98% of these deaths following bites from rabid dogs. It is a dangerous disease, if it is not effectively controlled. Many of the developing world arguing that the efforts for control is hampered by lack of awareness of its true impact, a research conducted in Tanzania and the results shows it has been estimated that, the predicted human rabies mortality was estimated to be about 1499 deaths per year unreported cases, and for reported cases in it only 193 which is only 12% of the real cases of people dying of rabies diseases. The impact of the rabies disease is the economic cost incurred by society as a result of the disease, that a people has to have a right medication for an infected person, where these kind of medications is very expensive for a normal Tanzanian also the case that it reduces the manpower for production when a person is infected. analyzed the costs due to rabies considered to be medical costs, patient costs, costs to control rabies from dogs (vaccination) and the costs for experts to inspect the community to make sure it's safe. There have been some efforts in control of rabies through vaccination of the sources of rabies which are not only from dogs but also from wildlife which are also sources of rabies virus. The study done in two districts of Ngorongoro and Serengeti to study the patterns on the spread of rabies where wildlife also are playing a role in rabies transmissions. Findings indicate that an annual dog vaccination campaign achieving the WHO-recommended target of 70% will control rabies in Ngorongoro and Serengeti with high chance that it will work.