Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding rabies risk in community members and healthcare professionals: Pétionville, Haiti, 2013

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1624-1634

  Fenelon, N ^a   Dely, P ^a   Katz, M A ^b   Schaad, N D ^b   Dismer, A ^b   Moran, D ^c   Laraque, F ^b   Wallace, R M ^d  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Laboratory Research ^*  (Haïti)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

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

Author keywords

Dog bites; Haiti; rabies; socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAT; CONSULTATION; DOG; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MONGOOSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RABIES; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015235898     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816003125     Document Type: Article

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