Bat rabies in the United States and Canada from 1950 through 2007: Human cases with and without bat contact

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1329-1337

  De Serres, Gaston ^a   Dallaire, Frédéric ^b   Côte, Mathieu ^b   Skowronski, Danuta M ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CANADA; CHILD; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549095110     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/586745     Document Type: Article

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