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Rabies : scientific basis of the disease and its management /

The 'Bible' on Rabies has been completely revised to address the latest scientific advances in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of this fatal infectious virus, which continues to kill over 70,000 people each year. No other book covers rabies in the breadth and depth offere...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Jackson, Alan C.
Published: Elsevier/Academic Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, UK :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
Subjects:
Rabies.
Rabies virus.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Contagious. > Contagious.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123965479
Summary: The 'Bible' on Rabies has been completely revised to address the latest scientific advances in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and control of this fatal infectious virus, which continues to kill over 70,000 people each year. No other book covers rabies in the breadth and depth offered in this completely updated volume. The chapter authors include research scientists who are distinguished experts on their topics. Includes abundant illustrations, many in color, to show this disease's unique horror.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (732 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123972309
0123972302
0123965470
9780123965479
Index Number: RC148
CLC: R512.9
Contents: History of rabies research -- Rabies virus -- Epidemiology -- Molecular epidemiology -- Rabies in terrestrial animals -- Bat rabies -- Human disease -- Pathogenesis -- Pathology -- Immunology -- Laboratory diagnosis of rabies -- Measures of rabies immunity -- Rabies vaccines -- Next generation of rabies vaccines -- Public health management of humans at risk -- Therapy of human rabies -- Dog rabies and its control -- Rabies control in wild carnivores -- Blueprint for rabies prevention and control -- Future developments and challenges.

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