The rabies epidemic in trinidad of 1923 to 1937: An evaluation with a geographic information system

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Mungrue, Kameel ^a   Mahabir, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

epizootics; GIS; rabies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; RABIES; SEASON; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RABIES; SEASONS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952309206     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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