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. 2020 Aug 26;14(8):e0008497. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008497

Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study selection.

Inclusion Exclusion
Canine rabies control programme using rabies vaccination only or rabies vaccination and surgical sterilisation Not describing canine rabies control programme
Intervention uses either rabies vaccination only or vaccination and surgical sterilisation (may have additional components such as education, access to further veterinary care) Intervention also uses another method for population control which has a direct effect on population size e.g. culling, relocation or confinement e.g. permanent sheltering, or other forms of fertility control e.g. immunocontraception
Measured one or more of the following impacts: number of dog bites, number of confirmed or suspected rabid dog bites, number of dog rabies cases, number of human rabies cases, dog population turnover, changes in health and welfare of dogs, changes in knowledge, attitudes and/or practices towards dogs and/or the intervention No impacts measured
Population compared at baseline and after or throughout an intervention Required impacts only measured once
Intervention details were either accessible in a peer-reviewed journal or able to be obtained in full from another source or from the authors Full intervention details unable to be obtained or insufficient description of the intervention to understand how the program was implemented
Available in English language, or another language with translation available at the University of Nottingham