Epizootics of yellow fever in Venezuela (2004-2005): An emerging zoonotic disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1081, Issue , 2006, Pages 57-60

  Rifakis, Pedro M ^a   Benitez, Jesus A ^b,d   De La Paz Pineda, Jose ^c   Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^c  

^a Hospital de Emergencia Pérez de León   (Venezuela)

^b Direction of Environmental Health   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d C R Los Angeles   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epizootics; South America; Venezuela; Yellow fever

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MONKEY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENEZUELA; YELLOW FEVER;

ALOUATTA;

EID: 33845683925     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1373.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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