The changing landscape of rabies epidemiology and control

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Beyer, Hawthorne ^b   Hampson, Katie ^a,c   Haydon, Daniel ^a   Lankester, Felix ^a,d,e   Lembo, Tiziana ^a   Meslin, Francois Xavier ^f   Morters, Michelle ^g   Mtema, Zacharia ^a,c   Sambo, Maganga ^c   Townsend, Sunny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; RABIES; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; RABIES;

EID: 84908032476     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.731     Document Type: Article

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