Potential exposure to Australian bat lyssavirus, Queensland,1996-1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-264

  McCall, Bradley J ^a   Epstein, Jonathan H ^a   Neill, Annette S ^a   Heel, Karen ^a   Field, Hume ^b   Barrett, Janine ^c   Smith, Greg A ^d   Selvey, Linda A ^d   Rodwell, Barry ^b   Lunt, Ross ^e  

^a Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034130150     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0603.000305     Document Type: Article

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