Imported rabies, European Union and Switzerland, 2001-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-754

  Johnson, Nicholas ^a   Freuling, Conrad ^b   Horton, Daniel ^a   Müller, Thomas ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; RABIES VACCINE;

EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SWITZERLAND; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79953678644     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101154     Document Type: Letter

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