Veterinary Science & Technology

Department of Natural Sciences and Veterinary, Haramaya University, Oromia, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Review on Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Rabies, Associated Factors and Post Exposure Management in Ethiopia
  Author(s): Abdurazak Kadi*
  
  Rabies is one of the seventeen major neglected tropical diseases with the highest human case fatality rate approaching 100%. The disease is caused by an enveloped neurotropic, negative sense, non-segmented, single-stranded; a bullet shaped RNA virus that belongs to the Lyssavirus genus of the Rhabdoviridae family, Mononegavirale order. Rabies virus enters the body through wounds or by direct contact with mucosal surfaces, but cannot cross intact skin. The virus replicates in the bitten muscle and gains access to motor end plates and rapidly ascends the nervous system to the brain by entering the pre-synaptic nerve ending through endocytosis, and may be associated with synaptic vesicles. Dog mediated rabies is known to account for over 90% of human exposure and death cases in Ethiopia and elsewhere. The differences in KAP score among participants were dependent on Variable suc.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7579.2022.13.130

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