A search for Ebola virus in animals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon: Ecologic, virologic, and serologic surveys, 1979-1980

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Breman, Joel G ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Johnson, Karl M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,h}   Van Der Groen, Guido ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Robbins, C Brian ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Szczeniowski, Mark V ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ruti, Kalisa ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Webb, Patricia A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Meier, Florian ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,i}   Heymann, David L ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f I'Org de Lutte c les E en A C   (Cameroon)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ World Conservation Union   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EBOLA VIRUS; ECOLOGY; FILOVIRIDAE; GERMANY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 0032993328     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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