Emerging pattern of rabies deaths and increased viral infectivity

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Messenger, Sharon L ^a   Smith, Jean S ^a   Orciari, Lillian A ^a   Yager, Pamela A ^a   Rupprecht, Charles E ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037324304     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0902.020083     Document Type: Article

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