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Editorial

Rabies in Europe: what are the risks?

Florence CliquetFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Management in Zoonoses Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Technopôle agricole et vétérinaire de Pixérécourt, CS 40009, 54220 Malzéville, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Evelyne Picard-MeyerFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Management in Zoonoses Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Technopôle agricole et vétérinaire de Pixérécourt, CS 40009, 54220 Malzéville, France
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Emmanuelle RobardetFrench Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Management in Zoonoses Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Technopôle agricole et vétérinaire de Pixérécourt, CS 40009, 54220 Malzéville, France
Pages 905-908 | Published online: 22 May 2014

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