Tribulations of the last mile: Sides from a regional program

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Del Rio Vilas, Victor J ^a,b   Freire de Carvalho, Mary J ^a   Vigilato, Marco A N ^a   Rocha, Felipe ^a   Vokaty, Alexandra ^a   Pompei, Julio A ^a   Flores, Baldomero Molina ^a   Fenelon, Natael ^a   Cosivi, Ottorino ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

America; Canine mediated; Elimination; Rabies; Regional program

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038806676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22971769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00004     Document Type: Article

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