Rabies: Old disease, new challenges

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-563

  Haider, Shariq ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; PHILIPPINES; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 40949098475     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071709     Document Type: Article

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