Equine antirabies serum treatment during an epizootic outbreak in the city of Ribeir o Preto, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-

  Cupo, P ^a   Azevedo Marques, M M ^a   Sarti, W ^a   Hering, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Antihistamines; Brazil; Corticosteroids; Equine antirabies serum; Rabies; Reactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; RABIES VACCINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMEDICATION; RABIES; SKIN TEST; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 0031804841     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91039-2     Document Type: Article

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