Use of a molecular epidemiological database to track human rabies case histories in South Africa

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1270-1276

  Coetzee, P ^a,b   Weyer, J ^a,b   Paweska, J T ^b   Burt, F J ^b   Markotter, W ^a   Nel, Louis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG BITE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 48249124198     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009582     Document Type: Article

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