Risk of rabies exposure among travellers

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 219-226

  Wieten, R W ^a   Tawil, S ^a   van Vugt, M ^a   Goorhuis, A ^a   Grobusch, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

KAP; Netherlands; Post exposure prophylaxis; Pre exposure prophylaxis; Rabies; Southeast Asia; Travellers

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84931836585     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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