Distribution of Rift Valley fever among cattle in Zambia

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Samui, Kenny L ^a   Inoue, Shingo ^b   Mweene, Aaron S ^a   Nambota, Andrew M ^a   Mlangwa, James E D ^a   Chilonda, Pius ^a   Onuma, Misao ^c   Morita, Chiharu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ZAMBIA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030875932     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.50.73     Document Type: Article

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