Potential and actual terrestrial rabies exposures in people and domestic animals, upstate South Carolina, 1994-2004: A surveillance study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Roseveare, Catherine W ^a   Goolsby, W David ^b   Foppa, Ivo M ^c  

^a Upstate Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROBABILITY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 61849087260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-65     Document Type: Article

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