Rabies update for Latin America and the Caribbean

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 678-679

  Vigilato, Marco A N ^a   Cosivi, Ottorino ^a   Knöbl, Terezinha ^b   Clavijo, Alfonso ^a   Silva, Hugo M T ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BATS; CARIBBEAN; CONTROL; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LATIN AMERICA; PREVENTION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIROPTERA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; POVERTY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84875340550     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.121482     Document Type: Letter

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