Analysis of an outbreak of human rabies in 2009 in Hanzhong District, Shaanxi Province, China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Zhao, Jinghui ^a   Liu, Ye ^a   Zhang, Shoufeng ^a   Zhang, Fei ^a   Gao, Hongwei ^a   Hu, Rongliang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dog brains; Outbreak; Phylogenetic analysis; Rabies; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG BITE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROCONVERSION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VACCINATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79251646989     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0190     Document Type: Article

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