Table 1.

Keywords search used in the screening process

Database	Search string
Scopus	TITLE-ABS-KEY((“rabies*” OR “rabies virus*” OR “dog bite*”) AND (“Southeast Asia” OR “Brunei” OR “Myanmar” OR “Cambodia” OR “Timor-Leste” OR “Indonesia” OR “Laos” OR “Malaysia” OR “Philippines” OR “Singapore” OR “Thailand” OR “Vietnam”) AND (“epidemiology” OR “outbreak” OR “case” OR “prevalence” OR “incidence” OR “causes” OR “risk factor”)) TITLE-ABS-KEY((“Rabies*” OR “Rabies virus*” OR “dog bite*”) AND (“Southeast Asia” OR “Brunei” OR “Myanmar” OR “Cambodia” OR “Timor-Leste” OR “Indonesia” OR “Laos” OR “Malaysia” OR “Philippines” OR “Singapore” OR “Thailand” OR “Vietnam”) AND (“mortality*” OR “death*” OR ”fatality*”))
Web of Science	(((ALL=("rabies*")) OR ALL=("rabies virus*")) OR ALL=("dog bite*") AND (((((((((((ALL=("Southeast Asia")) OR ALL=("Brunei")) OR ALL=("Myanmar")) OR ALL=("Cambodia")) OR ALL=("Timor-Leste")) OR ALL=("Indonesia")) OR ALL=("Laos")) OR ALL=("Malaysia")) OR ALL=("Philippines")) OR ALL=("Singapore")) OR ALL=("Thailand")) OR ALL=("Vietnam")) AND ((((((ALL=("epidemiology")) OR ALL=("outbreak")) OR ALL=("case")) OR ALL=("prevalence")) OR ALL=("incidence")) OR ALL=("causes")) OR ALL=("risk factor") (((ALL=("rabies*")) OR ALL=("rabies virus*")) OR ALL=("dog bite*") AND (((((((((((ALL=("Southeast Asia")) OR ALL=("Brunei")) OR ALL=("Myanmar")) OR ALL=("Cambodia")) OR ALL=("Timor-Leste")) OR ALL=("Indonesia")) OR ALL=("Laos")) OR ALL=("Malaysia")) OR ALL=("Philippines")) OR ALL=("Singapore")) OR ALL=("Thailand")) OR ALL=("Vietnam")) AND ((ALL=("mortality*")) OR ALL=("death*")) OR ALL=("fatality*")
PubMed	(((("rabies*") OR ("rabies virus*")) OR ("dog bite*")) AND (((((((((((("Southeast Asia") OR ("Brunei")) OR ("Myanmar")) OR ("Cambodia")) OR ("Timor-Leste")) OR ("Indonesia")) OR ("Laos")) OR ("Malaysia")) OR ("Philippines")) OR ("Singapore")) OR ("Thailand")) OR ("Vietnam"))) AND ((((((("epidemiology") OR ("outbreak")) OR ("case")) OR ("prevalence")) OR ("incidence")) OR ("causes")) OR ("risk factor")) (((("rabies*") OR ("rabies virus*")) OR ("dog bite*")) AND (((((((((((("Southeast Asia") OR ("Brunei")) OR ("Myanmar")) OR ("Cambodia")) OR ("Timor-Leste")) OR ("Indonesia")) OR ("Laos")) OR ("Malaysia")) OR ("Philippines")) OR ("Singapore")) OR ("Thailand")) OR ("Vietnam"))) AND ((("mortality*") OR ("death*")) OR ("fatality*"))