The circumstances surrounding the outbreak and spread of equine influenza in South Africa

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Guthrie, A J ^a   Stevens, K B ^a   Bosman, P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Equine influenza virus; Horses; Influenza; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; QUARANTINE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0033475362     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.18.1.1155     Document Type: Article

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