Human rabies in India: A problem needing more attention

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 230-

  Kole, Alakes Kumar ^a   Roy, Rammohan ^a   Kole, Dalia Chanda ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital   (India)

^b BP Poddar Hospital and Medical Research Institute ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

BITE; DOG; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOGS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84897457911     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.136044     Document Type: Editorial

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