A retrospective search for lyssavirus in humans in the Northern Territory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-308

  Skull, Susan A ^a   Krause, Vicki ^b   Dalton, Craig B ^b   Roberts, Leslee A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0033019918     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01261.x     Document Type: Article

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