Factors associated with endemic raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies in terrestrial mammals in New York State, USA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-42

  Recuenco, Sergio ^a,b   Eidson, Millicent ^a,b   Cherry, Bryan ^b   Kulldorff, Martin ^c   Johnson, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape epidemiology; Rabies epidemiology; Rabies vaccine; Raccoon rabies

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; RABIES; RACCOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEW YORK; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 45549106583     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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