Morbidity and mortality of wild animals in relation to outbreaks of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Gabon, 1994-2003

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-78

  Lahm, Sally A ^a   Kombila, Maryvonne ^b   Swanepoel, Robert ^c   Barnes, Richard F W ^d,e  

^a Institute for Research in Tropical Ecology   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola haemorrhagic fever; Filoviridae; Gabon; Morbidity; Mortality; Veterinary; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CHIMPANZEE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GABON; GORILLA; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAMMAL; MANDRILLUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SWINE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GABON; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS; FILOVIRIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN;

EID: 33751031862     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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