Possible contributing factors to the paucity of yellow fever epidemics in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Addy, P A K ^b   Esena, R K ^c   Atuahene, S K N ^a  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0029689359     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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