European bat lyssaviruses: An emerging zoonosis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1029-1039

  Fooks, A R ^a   Brookes, S M ^a   Johnson, N ^a   McElhinney, L M ^a   Hutson, A M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYSSAVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES VACCINES; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRAL VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 1042304242     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001481     Document Type: Review

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