Sero-prevalence of contagious ecthyma in lambs and humans in Kars, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Gökce, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Genç, Oktay ^a   Gökçe, Gürbüz ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contagious ecthyma; ELISA; Human; Lamb; Orf virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTHYMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; POXVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ORF VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 16344367383     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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