World Rabies Day - a decade of raising awareness

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Balaram, Deepashree ^a   Taylor, Louise H ^a,b   Doyle, Kim A S ^a   Davidson, Elizabeth ^a   Nel, Louis H ^a,c  

^a Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canine rabies; Canine rabies elimination; Rabies; Rabies awareness; Rabies prevention; World Rabies Day

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; AWARENESS; DISEASE ELIMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RABIES; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 85069238580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40794-016-0035-8     Document Type: Review

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