The rabies epidemic on Flores Island, Indonesia (1998-2003)

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1389-1393

  Windiyaningsih, Caecilia ^a   Wilde, Henry ^b,d   Meslin, Francois X ^c   Suroso, Thomas ^a   Widarso, H S ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^b QUEEN SAOVABHA MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Flores island; Indonesia; Rabies

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DOG BITE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MORTALITY; RABIES; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; RABIES;

EID: 13744255359     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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