Epidemiology of human rabies in South Africa, 1983-2007

Virus Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Weyer, Jacqueline ^a   Szmyd Potapczuk, Ania V ^b   Blumberg, Lucille H ^a   Leman, Patricia A ^a   Markotter, Wanda ^b   Swanepoel, Robert ^a   Paweska, Janusz T ^a   Nel, Louis H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human rabies; Lyssavirus; Rabies related lyssavirus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CAT; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; WILDLIFE; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYSSAVIRUS;

EID: 78650536597     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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