Molecular epidemiology of African and Asian Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever isolates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 659-666

  Burt, Felicity J ^a   Swanepoel, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BITES AND STINGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TICKS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 22544468870     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805003730     Document Type: Article

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