Study of the dog population and the rabies control activities in the Mirigama area of Sri Lanka

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-108

  Matter, Hans C ^a   Wandeler, Alexander I ^b   Neuenschwander, Beat E ^c   Harischandra, Lionel P A ^d   Meslin, François X ^e  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Dog ecology; Rabies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; MAMMAL; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RABIES;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DOG; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RABIES; SRI LANKA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; SRI LANKA; VACCINATION;

SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033954593     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00085-6     Document Type: Article

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