Animal Bites and Postexposure Rabies Prophylaxis
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Animal bite epidemiology and surveillance for rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmv095