[1] Rabies is a fatal, preventable zoonosis that infects the central nervous system of mammals, caused by the lyssavirus.
[3] Cleaveland et al. (2002) estimated Tanzanian human rabies mortality at 1499 deaths per year, including unreported cases.
There were only 193 reported cases, or 12% of the true number of people dying of rabies annually.
[4][needs update] There have been some efforts to control rabies through vaccination of the disease sources, which include dogs and other wildlife.
Findings indicated that an annual dog vaccination campaign, achieving the WHO-recommended target of 70% coverage, would have a high chance of controlling rabies in Ngorongoro and Serengeti.