Cowpox: A re-evaluation of the risks of human cowpox based on new epidemiological information

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1997, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Baxby, D ^a   Bennett, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COWPOX; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COWPOX; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031308122     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6534-8_1     Document Type: Review

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