Screening for Rift Valley fever infection in northern Somalia: A GIS based survey method to overcome the lack of sampling frame

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 249-256

  Soumare, Baba ^a   Tempia, Stefano ^b   Cagnolati, Vittorio ^c   Mohamoud, Abdullatif ^b   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^d   Berkvens, Dirk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Terra Nuova (International Non Governmental Organisation) Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^c Italian Cooperation   (Kenya)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GIS; Prevalence; Rift Valley fever; Sampling methods; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOAT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SOMALIA; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOMALIA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947219864     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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