Essays about: "flockimmunitet"

Found 3 essays containing the word flockimmunitet.

1. 1. Rabies in rural Cambodia : A pilot study on social acceptance of an oral vaccination campaign of dogs and community rabies awareness

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Zara Webjörn; [2023]
   Keywords : zoonosis; canines; Southeast Asia; rabies; vaccines;

   Abstract : Rabies is a deadly zoonotic disease that kills approximately 60,000 people every year, with around 60% of the cases in Asia. There exists no treatment for rabies once symptoms have started to appear and the disease always leads to death of the patient. READ MORE

3. 2. Juggling with dilemmas when promoting public health : Nurses´ and physicians´ motivating strategies towards vaccine hesitant parents

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

   Author : Linda Ivarsson Markus; [2014]
   Keywords : bioethics; herd immunity; public health; immunization programs; bioetik; flockimmunitet; folkhälsa; vaccinationsprogram;

   Abstract : Background: To achieve control of a vaccine preventable communicable disease, it is of importance to establish high enough coverage to reach the threshold for herd immunity.  Preventive public health interventions, such as vaccination programmes, create dilemmas between societal versus individual benefits of the programme. READ MORE

4. 3. Kontrollstrategier mot hundrabies i Östafrika och dess betydelse för folkhälsa

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Caroline Bössfall; [2012]
   Keywords : rabies; hund; Östafrika; kontrollstrategi; vaccination;

   Abstract : Rabies är en virussjukdom som årligen skördar många dödsoffer i framförallt utvecklingsländer i bland annat Afrika. Spridningen av sjukdomen till människor sker huvudsakligen via hundar och hundbett och flera olika strategier har tillämpats i försök att stävja smittspridning och hindra humana dödsfall. READ MORE