%0 Journal Article
%T Rabies encephalitis in children: a resurgence of a fatal anthropozoonosis
%A Ahmed Ayari
%A Faten Tinsa
%A Fatma Khalsi
%A Khedija Boussetta
%A Manel Ben Romdhane
%J Archive of "African Health Sciences".
%D 2018
%R 10.4314/ahs.v18i3.10
%X Rabies is a ubiquitous fatal disease and its large wild life reservoir may precipitate a flare-up whenever stringent control is relaxed. It remains a serious public health challenge in the developing world. It is estimated that up to 40¨C60,000 cases of human rabies occur annually, mostly in rural areas of Africa and Asia, and with a particularly high incidence in young children (under the age of 15 years). Although Tunisia has implemented a national program against rabies since 1982, we are still recording one or two cases every year; in these cases, the victims generally did not consult after a dog bite and did not receive prophylaxis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6307015/