Table 1.

Probable animal rabies cases, human exposures and human rabies deaths by infecting species detected from January 2011 to July 2019 in Lindi and Mtwara regions. In addition, four people died from bite injuries from probable rabid hyenas (3) and a probable rabid jackal (1)

Group	Species	Probable animal rabies cases(%)	Human rabies exposures by species (%)	Human rabies deaths by infecting species (%)
Domestic animals	Dog	303 (55.2)	389 (56.5)	32 (68.1)
	Cat	10 (1.8)	12 (1.7)	0 (0)
Wildlife	Jackal	221 (40.3)	262 (38.1)	12 (25.5)
	Hyena	8 (1.5)	16 (2.3)	3 (6.4)
	Honey badger (Mellivora capensis)	5 (0.9)	6 (0.9)	0 (0)
	Leopard (Panthera pardus)	2 (0.4)	3 (0.4)	0 (0)