Human Rabies Post‐Exposure Prophylaxis and Animal Rabies in Ontario, Canada, 2001–2012
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Postexposure Treatment and Animal Rabies, Ontario, 1958-2000
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoonoses and Public Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1863-1959,1863-2378
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12155