Feasibility and factors affecting global elimination and possible eradication of rabies in the world

Department of Epidemiology, Medical Statistics and Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Department of Virology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Nigeria. Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Department of Viral Research, National Veterinary Research Institute, P.M.B. 01, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Department of Biochemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. Department of Basic Sciences, Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria. Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.