Rabies exposure risk among foreign backpackers in Southeast Asia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1168-1171

  Piyaphanee, Watcharapong ^a   Shantavasinkul, Prapimporn ^b   Phumratanaprapin, Weerapong ^a   Udomchaisakul, Piyada ^b   Wichianprasat, Pongdej ^a   Benjavongkulchai, Maneerat ^b   Ponam, Thitiya ^a   Tantawichian, Terapong ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^c KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LICKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953794374     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0699     Document Type: Article

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