Rabies exposure in international travelers: do we miss the target?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gautret, Philippe ^a   Adehossi, Eric ^b   Soula, Georges ^a,c   Soavi, Marie Josèphe ^a   Delmont, Jean ^a,c   Rotivel, Yolande ^d   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Animal; Injury; Rabies; Travel

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAT; BITE; CAT; CHILD; DOG BITE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMATE; RABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ASIA; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949266546     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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