The cost of preventing rabies at any cost: Post-exposure prophylaxis for occult bat contact

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 4446-4450

  Huot, Caroline ^a   De Serres, Gaston ^a,b   Duval, Bernard ^a,b   Maranda Aubut, Renée ^c   Ouakki, Manale ^b   Skowronski, Danuta M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

^c Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Vieille Capitale   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat; Post exposure prophylaxis; Public health intervention; Rabies; Rabies vaccine

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BAT; BITE WOUND; CANADA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 48449086936     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.076     Document Type: Article

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