Oral rabies vaccination in North America: Opportunities, complexities, and challenges

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Slate, Dennis ^a   Algeo, Timothy P ^a   Nelson, Kathleen M ^a   Chipman, Richard B ^a   Donovan, Dennis ^b   Blanton, Jesse D ^c   Niezgoda, Michael ^c   Rupprecht, Charles E ^c  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COYOTE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RACCOON; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; NORTH AMERICA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; NORTH AMERICA; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 74549122478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000549     Document Type: Review

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