Rabies: Repetition of an Old Tragic Story in Southeastern Iran

Jalil Nejati; Mehdi Zanganeh Baygi; Said Salemroudi

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope.121232

Rabies: Repetition of an Old Tragic Story in Southeastern Iran

authors:

Jalil Nejati ¹ , Mehdi Zanganeh Baygi ^{2
, *} , Said Salemroudi ³

1 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

2 Department of Public Health, Health Promotion Research Center, School of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

3 Zahedan Health Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Health Scope: Vol.11, issue 2; e121232

published online: February 13, 2022

article type: Letter

received: November 19, 2021

revised: December 27, 2021

accepted: January 7, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.121232

how to cite: Nejati J, Zanganeh Baygi M, Salemroudi S. Rabies: Repetition of an Old Tragic Story in Southeastern Iran. Health Scope. 2022;11(2):e121232. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.121232.

Keywords

Rabies Iran Zahedan

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: M.ZB conceived the presented idea; J.N wrote the manuscript with support from M.ZB and S.S. All authors read the manuscript and confirmed the final version.
Conflict of Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Funding/Support: This study received no funding.

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