Trap-vaccinate- release program to control raccoon rabies, New York, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1170-1172

  Slavinski, Sally ^a   Humberg, Lee ^b   Lowney, Martin ^b   Simon, Richard ^c   Calvanese, Neil ^d   Bregman, Brooke ^a   Kass, Daniel ^a   Oleszko, William ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c New York City Department of Parks and Recreation   (United States)

^d Central Park Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RACCOON DOG; TRAP VACCINATE RELEASE PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862540106     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.111485     Document Type: Article

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