Rift Valley fever: An uninvited zoonosis in the Arabian peninsula

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevention; Rift Valley fever; Traveller

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVESTOCK; MILK; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEMEN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; YEMEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0037292883     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00295-9     Document Type: Article

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