The Spatiotemporal Expansion of Human Rabies and Its Probable Explanation in Mainland China, 2004-2013

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Yao, Hong Wu ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Liu, Kun ^a   Li, Xin Lou ^a   Zuo, Shu Qing ^a   Sun, Ruo Xi ^a   Fang, Li Qun ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RABIES VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924040761     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003502     Document Type: Article

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