Re-infection of wildlife populations with rinderpest virus on the periphery of the Somali ecosystem in East Africa

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 63-80

  Kock, R A ^a   Wamwayi, H M ^b   Rossiter, P B ^c   Libeau, G ^d   Wambwa, E ^e   Okori, J ^f   Shiferaw, F S ^g   Mlengeya, T D ^h  

^a Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (AU IBAR PACE)   (Kenya)

^b AU IBAR PACE Somalia Unit   (Kenya)

^c United Nations Complex   (Kenya)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^f UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^g Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organisation ^*  (Ethiopia)

^h Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rinderpest; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE PLAGUE VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; RINDERPEST; RINDERPEST VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; RINDERPEST VIRUS;

EID: 33744510418     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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