Table 3.
Percentage of total global costs of canine rabies (excluding human death) by category and region. Asia accrues most of the global economic impact of canine rabies, while Africa incurs the lowest costs. We estimate that these costs total $530 million.
Category | Latin America | Africa | Asia | Total |
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PEP cases | 4.5 | 1.9 | 64.7 | 71.1 |
Animal tests | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Dog vaccines | 12.4 | 2.0 | 11.7 | 26.1 |
Cattle deaths | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
Total | 17.0 | 4.3 | 78.8 |