Rabies

Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Fooks, Anthony R ^b,c   Cliquet, Florence ^d   Finke, Stefan ^e   Freuling, Conrad ^e   Hemachudha, Thiravat ^f,g   Mani, Reeta S ^h   Müller, Thomas ^e   Nadin Davis, Susan ⁱ   Picard Meyer, Evelyne ^d   Wilde, Henry ^f   Banyard, Ashley C ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG BITE; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYSSAVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; SALIVA; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VACCINATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; COMPLICATION; DOG DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85041182097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2056676X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.91     Document Type: Review

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