Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1879-1886

  Cohen, Cheryl ^a,b   Sartorius, Benn ^a,b   Sabeta, Claude ^c,d   Zulu, Gugulethu ^c,d   Paweska, Janusz ^a,b   Mogoswane, Mamokete ^e   Sutton, Chris ^f   Nel, Louis H ^d   Swanepoel, Robert ^a,b   Leman, Patricia A ^a   Grobbelaar, Antoinette A ^a   Dyason, Edwin ^e   Blumberg, Lucille ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Limpopo Provincial Government   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RABIGAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG BITE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 37049004566     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1312.070836     Document Type: Article

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