Rabies in an Arctic fox on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, January 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Orpetveit I ^a   Ytrehus, B ^a   Vikoren T ^a   Handeland, K ^a   Mjos A ^b   Nissen, S ^c   Blystad, H ^d   Lund, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c Longyearbyen Hospital   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 79952267883     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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