Rabies in Europe: What are the risks?

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 905-908

  Cliquet, Florence ^a   Picard Meyer, Evelyne ^a   Robardet, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

importation; pet; rabies; rabies risk; vaccination

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE;

AWARENESS; BAT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FOX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRAY DOG; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; RABIES VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; EUROPE; HUMANS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84903993908     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.921570     Document Type: Review

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