Rabies in Costa Rica: Documentation of the Surveillance Program and the Endemic Situation from 1985 to 2014

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 334-341

  Hutter, Sabine E ^a   Brugger, Katharina ^a   Sancho Vargas, Victor Hugo ^b   González, Rocío ^b   Aguilar, Olga ^b   León, Bernal ^b   Tichy, Alexander ^a   Firth, Clair L ^a   Rubel, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (SENASA)   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bats; Cattle; Rabies; Vector; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BITE; CATTLE DISEASE; COSTA RICA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VAMPIRE BAT; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COSTA RICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RABIES;

EID: 84969730164     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1906     Document Type: Article

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