Rabies risk assessment of exposures to a bat on a commercial airliner - United States, August 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 242-244

  Kazmierczak, James ^a   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a   Bell, Teal R ^b   Marienau, Karen ^b   Cohen, Nicole J ^b   Marano, Nina ^b   Recuenco, Sergio ^c   Rupprecht, Charles ^c   Buttke, Danielle ^d   Tack, Danielle ^d   Bartholomew, Michael L ^d  

^a Wisconsin Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b Division of Global Migration and Quarantine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; GEORGIA; HUMANS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84859876420     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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