Human exposure to potential rabies virus transmitters in Olinda, State of Pernambuco, between 2002 and 2006

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-621

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   De Oliveira Filho, Edmilson Ferreira ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Prophylaxis; Rabies

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOG; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 38349153065     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000600003     Document Type: Article

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