Assessment of rabies exposure risk among Israeli travelers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Menachem, Meital ^a   Moti Grupper, ^a   Alona Paz, ^a,b   Israel Potasman, ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immunization; Prophylaxis; Rabies; Travel

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; DOG BITE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONKEY; OPOSSUM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 40649125582     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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