Rabies diagnosis for developing countries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Dürr, Salome ^a   Naïssengar, Service ^b   Mindekem, Rolande ^c   Diguimbye, Colette ^b   Niezgoda, Michael ^d   Kuzmin, Ivan ^d   Rupprecht, Charles E ^d   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoire de Recherches Vétérinaires et Zootechniques de Farcha   (France)

^c Centre de Support en Santé International   (France)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG BITE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DOG;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHIROPTERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOGS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RABIES;

EID: 48949118029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000206     Document Type: Article

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