The rift valley fever epizootic in Egypt 1977-78. 2. Ecological and entomological studies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 624-629

  Hoogstraal, Harry ^a   Meegan, James M ^a   Khalil, Galila M ^a   Adham, Fatma K ^b  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INJURY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; EGYPT; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HAMSTERS; HUMAN; INSECT VECTORS; MEAT; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 0018627279     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(79)90005-1     Document Type: Article

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