Public health response to a potentially Rabid Bear Cub - Iowa, 1999

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 48, Issue 42, 1999, Pages 971-973

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RABIES; RHABDOVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CONTACT TRACING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IOWA; RABIES; RHABDOVIRIDAE; URSIDAE;

EID: 0033615411     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (7)

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