Rabies as a traveler's risk, especially in high-endemicity areas

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Meslin, François Xavier ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BITE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALAISE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 17944370625     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12055     Document Type: Review

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