An investigation of camelpox outbreaks in two principal camel (Camelus dromedarius) rearing areas of Kenya

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 841-847

  Gitao, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Camelpox; Camels; Clinical signs; Epidemiology; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; KIDNEY CORTEX; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; KENYA; KIDNEY CORTEX; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORBIDITY; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

EID: 0031311723     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.16.3.1077     Document Type: Article

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