Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus infection in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-278

  El Azazy, O M E ^a,c   Scrimgeour, E M ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Water Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Epidemiology; Hyalomma; Ixodidae; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA DROMEDARII; IXODES; IXODIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 0030926644     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90072-9     Document Type: Article

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