Ebola and great apes in Central Africa: Current status and future needs

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-238

  Karesh, W ^a   Reed, P ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Ebola; Gorilla; Great ape; Sub Saharan Africa; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; APE DISEASE; BAT; CONGO; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; GABON; GENETICS; GORILLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOGENICITY; RODENT; SHORT SURVEY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; APE DISEASES; CHIROPTERA; CONGO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EBOLAVIRUS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RODENTIA; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 27144551029     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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