Fighting Rabies in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia - Experts Call for a Regional Initiative for Rabies Elimination

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-226

  Aikimbayev, A ^a   Briggs, D ^b   Coltan, G ^c   Dodet, B ^d   Farahtaj, F ^e   Imnadze, P ^f   Korejwo, J ^d   Moiseieva, A ^g   Tordo, N ^h   Usluer, G ⁱ   Vodopija, R ^j   Vranjes N ^k  

^a Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^b Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^c Prof Dr Matei Bals National Institute of Infectious Diseases   (Romania)

^d Dodet Bioscience   (France)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^f National Center for Disease Control   (Georgia)

^g Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^h INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

ⁱ ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^k Pasteur Institute Novi Sad   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

Public health programmes; Rabies; Rabies control; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ASIA; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, CENTRAL; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84898791586     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12060     Document Type: Article

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