Implementation and monitoring of oral rabies vaccination of foxes in Kosovo between 2010 and 2013-An international and intersectorial effort

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 902-910

  Yakobson, Boris ^a   Goga, Izedin ^b   Freuling, Conrad M ^c   Fooks, Anthony R ^d,j   Gjinovci, Valdet ^e   Hulaj, Beqe ^b   Horton, Daniel ^d,i   Johnson, Nicholas ^d   Muhaxhiri, Jeton ^f   Recica, Ilir ^f   David, Dan ^a   O'Flaherty, Richard ^f,g   Taylor, Nick ^h   Wilsmore, Tony ^h   Müller, Thomas ^c  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b Kosovo Veterinary Laboratory Industrial Zone   (Serbia)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e Food and Veterinary Agency Industrial Zone   (Serbia)

^f Policy and Development ^*  (Serbia)

^g Opera Scarl   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Fox; Kosovo; Oral rabies vaccination; Rabies; Rabies control; Western Balkans

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOX; HUMAN; KOSOVO; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FOXES; KOSOVO; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84927692361     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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