Dog Bite Histories and Response to Incidents in Canine Rabies-Enzootic KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hergert, Melinda ^a   Nel, Louis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84876858509     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002059     Document Type: Article

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