The blueprint for rabies prevention and control: A novel operational toolkit for rabies elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lembo, Tiziana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOG DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; RISK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RABIES;

EID: 84857812558     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001388     Document Type: Article

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