Dog-Mediated Human Rabies Death, Haiti, 2016
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چکیده
Haiti has experienced numerous barriers to rabies control over the past decades and is one of the remaining Western Hemisphere countries to report dog-mediated human rabies deaths. We describe the circumstances surrounding a reported human rabies death in 2016 as well as barriers to treatment and surveillance reporting.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016