Search for the Ebola virus reservoir in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Reflections on a vertebrate collection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Leirs, Herwig ^a,b,c,d   Mills, James N ^a,b,c,d   Krebs, John W ^a,b,c,d   Childs, James E ^a,b,c,d   Akaibe, Dudu ^a,b,c,d   Woollen, Neal ^a,b,c,d   Ludwig, George ^a,b,c,d   Peters, Clarence J ^a,b,c,d   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a,b,c,d  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EBOLA VIRUS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0033041569     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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