The global availability of rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine in clinics providing direct care to travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-158

  Jentes, Emily S ^a   Blanton, Jesse D ^b   Johnson, Katherine J ^a   Petersen, Brett W ^b   Lamias, Mark J ^b,c   Robertson, Kis ^b   Franka, Richard ^b   Briggs, Deborah ^d   Costa, Peter ^d   Lai, Irene ^e   Quarry, Doug ^e   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b   Marano, Nina ^a   Brunette, Gary W ^a  

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

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

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^e Medical Information and Analysis   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; E-MAIL; EMPORIATRICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RABIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WESTERN EUROPE; WOUND CARE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INTERNATIONALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84876298062     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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