The epidemiology of yellow fever in Africa

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1459-1468

  Mutebi, John Paul ^a   Barrett, Alan D T ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Genotype; Vectors; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYLOGENY; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0036860521     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)00028-X     Document Type: Review

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