Rabies: 100 per cent fatal, 100 per cent preventable

Veterinary Record

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 148-149

  Abela Ridder, B ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; RABIES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOG DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84938817185     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.h4196     Document Type: Editorial

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