Rabies status in Zambia for the period 1985-2004

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Munang'andu, H M ^a,b   Mweene, A S ^b   Siamudaala, V ^c   Muma, J B ^b   Matandiko, W ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Zambia Wildlife Authority   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Dog; Epidemiology; Human; Rabies; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BABOON; BAT; CAT; CATTLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOX; GOAT; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JACKAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RABIES; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP; WILDLIFE; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSES;

BOS; CANIS ADUSTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78651352702     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01368.x     Document Type: Review

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