Rabies in a dog imported from Egypt with a falsified rabies vaccination certificate — Virginia, 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 1359-1362

  Sinclair, Julie R ^a   Wallace, Ryan M ^a   Gruszynski, Karen ^b   Freeman, Marilyn Bibbs ^c   Campbell, Colin ^d   Semple, Shereen ^d   Innes, Kristin ^d   Slavinski, Sally ^e   Palumbo, Gabriel ^a   Bair Brake, Heather ^a   Orciari, Lillian ^a   Condori, Rene E ^a   Langer, Adam ^a   Carroll, Darin S ^a   Murphy, Julia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of General Services Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services   (United States)

^d New Jersey Department of Health   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CAT; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RESCUE WORK; STANDARDS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VETERINARY; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RESCUE WORK; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84950981371     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6449a2     Document Type: Article

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