**4. Tables and figures**

The above data shows the number of and cats dog, cats bite cases, and people who have died of dogs and Cat bite cases in Sierra Leone from 2018 to 2020. The number of dog bite cases in 2018 was 1,354 cases resulting in 10 deaths while in 2019, the number of bite cases increased to 1, 544, but the number of death remains the same at 10. In 2020, 1,301 dog bites cases was resulting in 6 death. A personal interview with the Laboratory personnel of the National Central Veterinary Laboratory in Makeni reported that out of 10 dog bite cases reported

*Rabies Virus in Sierra Leone: Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Elimination by 2030 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99691*

about 90% are positive for rabies. Thus indicating the presence of rabies in the country. Out of 270 blood samples collected from dogs in the north, south, and east of the country, 24% show positive rabies antibodies in unvaccinated dogs (Unpublished PhD thesis, 2020). Sierra Leone is therefore far from rabies control if the above solutions are not properly taken into consideration (**Figures 1**–**3** and **Tables 1**–**3**).

**Figure 1.** *Graph showing dogs, cats bites and deaths 2018.*

**Figure 2.** *Graph showing dogs, cats bites and deaths 2018.*

**Figure 3.**

*Graph showing dogs, cats bites and deaths 2018.*


#### **Table 1.**

*Dog and cat bites and deaths 2018.*

*Rabies Virus in Sierra Leone: Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Elimination by 2030 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99691*


#### **Table 2.**

*Dog and cat bites and deaths 2019.*


#### **Table 3.**

*Dog and cat bites and deaths 2020.*
