Ahmed, Touseef http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-3527
Hussain, Sabir
Zia, Ubaid-ur-Rehman
Rinchen, Sangay
Yasir, Ammar
Ahmed, Shafique
Khan, Waqar Ali
Tahir, Muhammad Farooq
Ricketson, Robert
Article History
Received: 13 November 2019
Accepted: 16 August 2020
First Online: 26 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) Institutional Review Committee for Biomedical Research by approval letter No 018/IRC/BMR.Verbal consent was taken and approved by Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) ExternalRef removed in University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), because it is culturally and widely accepted in Pakistan. Verbal consent was also taken from guardian or parent of respondent age less than 16 year.Written consent usually create concern for the people especially uneducated people and people form rural background. As our study mostly cover distant rural areas where rabies cases were mostly reported, therefore, we took verbal consent.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.