Bats in the bedroom, bats in the belfry: Reanalysis of the rationale for rabies postexposure prophylaxis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1493-1499

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Capitale Nationale

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BAT; CALCULATION; CANADA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; SLEEP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHIROPTERA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RABIES; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 63049098786     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598998     Document Type: Article

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