Imported human rabies in a U.S. Army soldier - New York, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 302-305

  Javaid, Waleed ^a   Amzuta, Ioana G ^a   Nat, Amritpal ^a   Johnson, Troy ^b   Grant, Donna ^c   Rudd, Robert J ^d   Cherry, Bryan ^e   Newman, Alexandra ^e   Blog, Debra ^f   Willoughby, Rodney ^g   Fix, Charlene ^h   Baty, Steven ^h   Cooper, Michael ^h   Ellis, Kathryn ^h   Alves, Derron A ^h   Cersovsky, Steven ⁱ   Rupprecht, Charles E ^j   Maxted, Angela M ^k   Lankau, Emily W ^k  

^a University Hospital   (United States)

^b Carthage Area Hospital   (United States)

^c Jefferson County Public Health Svcs   (United States)

^d Wadsworth Center Rabies Laboratory   (United States)

^e Bureau of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h US Army Public Health Command Region Europe ^*  (United States)

ⁱ U S ARMY   (United States)

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

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NOTE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BITES AND STINGS; CONTACT TRACING; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW YORK; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 84862019332     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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