Public health responses to reemergence of animal rabies, Taiwan, July 16-December 28, 2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Angela Song En ^a   Chen, Wan Chin ^a   Huang, Wan Ting ^a   Huang, Shih Tse ^a   Lo, Yi Chun ^a   Wei, Sung Hsi ^a   Kuo, Hung Wei ^a   Chan, Pei Chun ^a   Hung, Min Nan ^a   Liu, Yu Lun ^a   Mu, Jung Jung ^a   Yang, Jyh Yuan ^a   Liu, Ding Ping ^a   Chou, Jih Haw ^a   Chuang, Jen Hsiang ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BADGER; BITE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DIZZINESS; DOG BITE; ENCEPHALITIS; FERRET; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFANT; INVENTORY CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOGS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84941340269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132160     Document Type: Article

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