Animal bites and rabies exposure in Australian travelers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 673-675

  Mills, Deborah J ^a   Lau, Colleen L ^b,c   Weinstein, Philip ^b,d  

^a University of Queensland ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Travel Medicine Centre Perth   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCRATCHING; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857100292     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.11413     Document Type: Article

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