Recent Advances in Prevention and Control of Rabies
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1WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies and Department of Neurovirology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India 2Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA 3Unit Lyssavirus Dynamics and Host Adaptation and WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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دوره 2011 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011