Evaluation of cases admitted to a center in Istanbul, Turkey in 2003 for rabies vaccination and three rabies cases followed up in the last 15 years

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 254-257

  Sengoz, Gonul ^a   Yasar, Kadriye Kart ^a   Karabela, Semsi Nur ^a   Yildirim, Filiz ^a   Vardarman, Figen Tansug ^a   Nazlican, Ozcan ^a  

^a Haseki State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOG BITE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FASCICULATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHOBIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVATION; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 33748112985     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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