Emergence of dog rabies in the Northern region of Israel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 544-548

  David, D ^a   Dveres, N ^a   Yakobson, B A ^a   Davidson, I ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dog rabies; Emergence; Northern Israel

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG BITE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOX; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ISRAEL; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69949109752     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001180     Document Type: Article

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