Serum antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in African carnivores

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 345-349

  House, Carol ^a   Alexander, Kathleen A ^b   Kat, Pieter W ^b   O'Brien, Stephen J ^c   Mangiafico, Joseph ^d  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CARNIVORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; LION; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 0029736550     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53541.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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