Incidence of canine rabies in N'Djaména, Chad

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-233

  Kayali, U ^a,b   Mindekem, R ^b   Yemadji N ^b,d   Oussiguere A ^c   Naissengar S ^c   Ndoutamia, A G ^c   Zinsstag, J ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Ctr de Support en S Internationale   (Chad)

^c Laboratoire de Recherches Veterinaires et Zootechniques Ndjamena   (Chad)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Canine rabies; Chad; Human exposure; Incidence; N'Djam na

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0142134357     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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