Rift Valley Fever

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1109-1115

  Shawky, Sherine ^a,b  

^a Fac of Med and All Hlth Sciences   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Disease; Fever; Hemorrhagic; Outbreaks; Rift valley; Viral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MOSQUITO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; YEMEN;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; YEMEN;

EID: 0034570178     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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