A Large-scale, Rapid Public Health Response to Rabies in an Organ Recipient and the Previously Undiagnosed Organ Donor

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 560-570

  Wallace, R M ^a   Stanek, D ^b   Griese, S ^a,c   Krulak, D ^d   Vora, N M ^a   Pacha, L ^e   Kan, V ^f,g   Said, M ^a,h   Williams, C ^c   Burgess, T H ⁱ   Clausen, S S ⁱ   Austin, C ^j   Gabel, J ^k   Lehman, M ^l   Finelli, L N ^m   Selvaggi, G ⁿ   Joyce, P ^f   Gordin, F ^f,g   Benator, D ^f,g   Bettano, A ^l   Cersovsky, S ^e   Blackmore, C ^b   Jones, S V ^d   Buchanan, B D ^d   Fernandez, A I ^d   Dinelli, D ^d   Agnes, K ^f   Clark, A ^f   Gill, J ^f   Irmler, M ^f   Blythe, D ^h   Mitchell, K ^h   Whitman, T J ⁱ   Zapor, M J ⁱ   Zorich, S ^l   Witkop, C ^o   Jenkins, P ^b   Mora, P ⁿ   Droller, D ⁿ   Turner, S ^b   Dunn, L ^b   Williams, P ^b   Richards, C ^b   Ewing, G ^p   Chapman, K ^q   Corbitt, C ^r   Girimont, T ^s   Franka, R ^a   Recuenco, S ^a   Blanton, J D ^a   Feldman, K A ^h   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c State Climate Office of North Carolina   (United States)

^d Naval Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^e US Army Public Health Command   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

ⁱ WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Illinois Department of Corrections   (United States)

^k Georgia Department of Health   (United States)

^l USAF   (United States)

^m Armed Forces Medical Examiner System   (United States)

ⁿ Broward County Hospital   (United States)

^o Air Force Medical Support Agency   (United States)

^p Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola   (United States)

^q Okaloosa County Health Department   (United States)

^r LifeQuest   (United States)

^s Shands Cancer Center   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DONOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84911383455     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12105     Document Type: Article

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