Submitter and technician observations, and animal rabies detection in Massachusetts, 1992-2006

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-83

  Wang, Xingtai ^a,b   Smole, Sandra ^a   Hennigan, Dennis ^a   Demaria, Alfred ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b State Laboratory Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Observations; Porcupine quills; Rabies testing; Skunk spray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; FOREIGN BODIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEPHITIDAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARALYSIS; PORCUPINES; RABIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39449109777     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0188     Document Type: Article

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