Factors associated with rabid animals since the introduction of raccoon rabies variant in massachusetts, 1992-2007

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-281

  Wang, Xingtai ^a   Smole, Sandra ^a   Demaria, Alfred ^b   Gilchrist, Mary J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c William A Hinton State Laboratory Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Epidemiology; Population; Statistical analysis; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RACCOON; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VACCINATION; WOUND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; RABIES; RACCOONS; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 77951951204     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0002     Document Type: Article

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