Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews

Dickson Akankwatsa, Arthur Bagonza, Juliet Kiguli, Andrew Kambugu, Mohammed Lamorde, Samuel George Okech, Clovice Kankya, Doreen Agado, Felister Apio, Terence Odoch, Anna Mary Kahunde, Sonja Hartnack, Monique Léchenne, Frederic Lohr, Adrian Herrera, Salome Dürr

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578
Published: 2025-10-09
Container: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578,
  title = {Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews},
  author = {Dickson Akankwatsa and Arthur Bagonza and Juliet Kiguli and Andrew Kambugu and Mohammed Lamorde and Samuel George Okech and Clovice Kankya and Doreen Agado and Felister Apio and Terence Odoch and Anna Mary Kahunde and Sonja Hartnack and Monique Léchenne and Frederic Lohr and Adrian Herrera and Salome Dürr},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews
AU  - Dickson Akankwatsa
AU  - Arthur Bagonza
AU  - Juliet Kiguli
AU  - Andrew Kambugu
AU  - Mohammed Lamorde
AU  - Samuel George Okech
AU  - Clovice Kankya
AU  - Doreen Agado
AU  - Felister Apio
AU  - Terence Odoch
AU  - Anna Mary Kahunde
AU  - Sonja Hartnack
AU  - Monique Léchenne
AU  - Frederic Lohr
AU  - Adrian Herrera
AU  - Salome Dürr
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578
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Akankwatsa, D., Bagonza, A., Kiguli, J., Kambugu, A., Lamorde, M., Okech, S. G., Kankya, C., Agado, D., Apio, F., Odoch, T., Kahunde, A. M., Hartnack, S., Léchenne, M., Lohr, F., Herrera, A., & Dürr, S. (2025). Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013578

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