Establishment of a Canine Rabies Burden in Haiti through the Implementation of a Novel Surveillance Program

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Wallace, Ryan M ^a   Reses, Hannah ^a   Franka, Richard ^a   Dilius, Pierre ^b   Fenelon, Natael ^c   Orciari, Lillian ^a   Etheart, Melissa ^a   Destine, Apollon ^c   Crowdis, Kelly ^d   Blanton, Jesse D ^a   Francisco, Calvin ^b   Ludder, Fleurinord ^b   Del Rio Vilas, Victor ^e   Haim, Joseph ^b   Millien, Max ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MARNDR (Ministere de l'Agriculture des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural)   (Haïti)

^c Programme Nationale de Lutte Contre la Tuberculose   (Haïti)

^d Haiti Office ^*  (Haïti)

^e Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HAITI; HUMANS; RABIES;

EID: 84949228880     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004245     Document Type: Article

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