An eruptive moderate form of camelpox infection in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Saudi Arabia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 749-752

  Abu Elzein, E M E ^a   Gameel, A A ^a   Ramadan, R O ^a   Housawi, F M T ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camelpox; Dromedaries; Electron microscopy; Saudi arabia; Serological techniques; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELPOX VIRUS; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERO CELL; VIRION;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORBIDITY; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; VERO CELLS; VIRION;

EID: 0040914359     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.18.3.1194     Document Type: Article

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