An epizootic of Rift Valley fever in Egypt in 1997

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 741-748

  Abd El Rahim, I H A ^a   Abd El Hakim, U ^a   Hussein, M ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epizootic; Rift valley fever virus; Serological techniques; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; ICTERUS; INSECTA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SUCKLING; VERO CELL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREGNANCY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0040914360     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.18.3.1195     Document Type: Article

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