There are a number of errors in Table 3. The table legend should read: Breakdown of economic costs of rabies by cluster in millions of USD. The headings for columns six, seven, and eight are incorrect. They should be in the following order: Dog vaccination, Dog population management, Livestock losses. Please see the correct Table 3 below.
Table 3. Breakdown of economic costs of rabies by cluster in millions of USD.
Estimates by country are in Table S1 including which cluster countries were assigned to. Asia 4 comprises the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand (High PEP use); Asia 3 comprises Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan (Himalayan region); Asia 2 comprises Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; SADC comprises countries in the Southern African Development Community, Eurasia comprises Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
| Cluster | Direct Costs | Travel costs | Lost Income | Productivity losses from premature death | Dog vaccination | Dog population management | Livestock losses | Surveillance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia 2 | 75.15 | 15.96 | 20.90 | 252.298 | 2.073 | 0.074 | 24.163 | 0.000 |
| Asia 3 | 16.67 | 4.42 | 7.08 | 104.774 | 0.564 | 0.214 | 65.706 | 0.042 |
| Asia 4 | 41.81 | 2.32 | 33.26 | 45.658 | 11.248 | 0.123 | 1.728 | 0.021 |
| China | 648.27 | 49.25 | 807.32 | 1,642.646 | 4.235 | 0.195 | 40.777 | 0.046 |
| India | 491.23 | 42.60 | 138.03 | 1,646.650 | 9.050 | 0.417 | 62.348 | 0.002 |
| Indonesia | 21.18 | 0.95 | 10.03 | 37.123 | 6.384 | 0.811 | 1.717 | 0.000 |
| North Africa | 38.11 | 1.45 | 19.70 | 106.002 | 2.756 | 1.013 | 89.661 | 0.040 |
| Congo Basin | 14.47 | 1.28 | 2.33 | 154.424 | 0.481 | 0.003 | 19.670 | 0.001 |
| West Africa | 48.53 | 2.94 | 5.37 | 313.348 | 6.684 | 0.026 | 60.086 | 0.004 |
| SADC | 55.00 | 4.81 | 19.61 | 199.579 | 4.600 | 0.263 | 110.129 | 0.079 |
| Andean | 32.00 | 1.24 | 27.26 | 7.867 | 10.753 | 0.396 | 3.130 | 0.014 |
| Brazil | 45.37 | 1.82 | 63.36 | 11.070 | 16.620 | 0.342 | 0.007 | 0.288 |
| Caribbean | 11.66 | 0.24 | 2.43 | 7.702 | 2.575 | 0.113 | 0.296 | 0.006 |
| Central America | 34.13 | 0.49 | 11.74 | 1.873 | 31.308 | 0.809 | 0.001 | 0.020 |
| Southern Cone | 6.18 | 0.13 | 9.00 | 1.730 | 4.710 | 0.521 | 8.753 | 0.007 |
| Eastern Europe | 51.09 | 1.84 | 41.88 | 18.350 | 10.460 | 0.053 | 0.627 | 0.062 |
| Eurasia | 28.93 | 2.17 | 68.66 | 89.932 | 4.451 | 1.413 | 13.758 | 0.083 |
| Middle East | 42.58 | 0.35 | 26.06 | 35.907 | 0.592 | 0.128 | 9.543 | 0.025 |
| TOTAL | 1702.35 | 134.28 | 1314.01 | 4676.93 | 129.55 | 6.91 | 512.10 | 0.74 |
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