Risk of Potentially Rabid Animal Exposure among Foreign Travelers in Southeast Asia

Watcharapong Piyaphanee; Chatporn Kittitrakul; Saranath Lawpoolsri; Philippe Gautret; Wataru Kashino; Waraluk Tangkanakul; Prangthip Charoenpong; Thitiya Ponam; Suda Sibunruang; Weerapong Phumratanaprapin; Terapong Tantawichien

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001852

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Risk of Potentially Rabid Animal Exposure among Foreign Travelers in Southeast Asia

Watcharapong Piyaphanee ,

* E-mail: tewpe@mahidol.ac.th

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Chatporn Kittitrakul,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Saranath Lawpoolsri,

Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Philippe Gautret,

Affiliation Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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Wataru Kashino,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Waraluk Tangkanakul,

Affiliation Suvarnabhumi Port Health Office, Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand
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Prangthip Charoenpong,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Thitiya Ponam,

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Suda Sibunruang,

Affiliation Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, the Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand
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Weerapong Phumratanaprapin,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Terapong Tantawichien

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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Risk of Potentially Rabid Animal Exposure among Foreign Travelers in Southeast Asia

Watcharapong Piyaphanee,
Chatporn Kittitrakul,
Saranath Lawpoolsri,
Philippe Gautret,
Wataru Kashino,
Waraluk Tangkanakul,
Prangthip Charoenpong,
Thitiya Ponam,
Suda Sibunruang,
Weerapong Phumratanaprapin

Published: September 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001852

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