New introduction and spread of rabies among dog population in Bangui

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-110

  Nakoune E ^a   Digol, M ^b   Konamna, X ^a,d   Selekon, B ^a,d   Le Faou, A ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Universite de Bangui   (Central African Republic)

^c CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^d Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Emerging Viruses and Zoonosis   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Bangui (CAR); Canine rabies; Epidemic; Stray dogs

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE SPREAD; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMICS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; VACCINATION;

BANGUI [OMBELLAMPOKO]; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; OMBELLA-MPOKO;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84861347720     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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