Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya

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Global Health Program, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, United States of America, 2 Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences & Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Charlotte Auerbach Road,Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 3 Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 4 International Livestock Research Institute,Nairobi, Kenya, 5 School of Natural Resources & Environmental Studies, Karatina University, Karatina, Kenya, 6 Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya, 7 Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Muguga North,Kikuyu, Kenya, 8 Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya, 9 Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, 10 Rabies Free Africa, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, 11 Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom, 12 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, County Government of Laikipia, Nanyuki, Kenya, 13 Institute of Infection, Veterinary & Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, United Kingdom, 14 Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya, 15 Department of Ecology and Evolution, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.