Incorporating Direct Rapid Immunohistochemical Testing into Large-Scale Wildlife Rabies Surveillance
Following an incursion of the mid-Atlantic raccoon variant of the rabies virus into southern Ontario, Canada, in late 2015, the direct rapid immunohistochemical test for rabies (dRIT) was employed on a large scale to establish the outbreak perimeter and to diagnose specific cases to inform rabies co...
Main Authors: | Kevin Middel, Christine Fehlner-Gardiner, Natalie Pulham, Tore Buchanan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-06-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/2/3/21 |
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