Rinderpest seroprevalence in wildlife in Kenya and Tanzania, 1982-1993

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Rossiter, P ^a   Wamwayi, H ^b   Ndungu, E ^c  

^a St Michael's House   (United Kingdom)

^b AU IBAR PACE Somalia Unit   (Kenya)

^c National Veterinary Research Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Rinderpest; Serology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE PLAGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; TANZANIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; KENYA; RINDERPEST; RINDERPEST VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; RINDERPEST VIRUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 33744779630     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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