The WHO Rabies Bulletin Europe: A key source of information on rabies and a pivotal tool for surveillance and epidemiology

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-807

  Freuling, C M ^a   Kloss D ^b   Schroder R ^b   Kliemt, A ^b   Mullen T ^a  

^a WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research   (Germany)

^b FLI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Europe; Rabies; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874836604     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.31.3.2152     Document Type: Article

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