Public health surveillance for Australian bat lyssavirus, in Queensland, Australia, 2000-2001

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 262-264

  Warrilow, David ^a   Harrower, Bruce ^a   Smith, Ina L ^a   Field, Hume ^b   Taylor, Roscoe ^c   Walker, Craig ^d   Smith, Greg A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Public Health Services   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037329176     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0902.020264     Document Type: Article

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