Regulatory systems for prevention and control of rabies, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1368-1374

  Takahashi Omoe, Hiromi ^a,d   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^b   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 50849103359     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070845     Document Type: Review

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