Efficacy of oral vaccination in the final stage of fox rabies elimination in Switzerland

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 433-437

  Bugnon, P ^a,b   Breitenmoser, U ^a   Peterhans, E ^a   Zanoni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOXES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE;

EID: 11144314665     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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