The evolving transmission pattern of Rift Valley fever in the Arabian Peninsula

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 201-204

  Fagbo, Shamsudeen F ^a  

^a M Isa Mustafa   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian peninsula; Arbovirus; Rift Valley fever; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARBOVIRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MIGRATION; MOSLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEMEN;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036414405     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04378.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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