Prevalence of antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in Kenyan wildlife

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1261-1269

  Evans, A ^a   Gakuya, F ^b   Paweska, J T ^c   Rostal, M ^a   Akoolo, L ^d   Van Vuren, P J ^c   Manyibe, T ^b   Macharia, J M ^e   Ksiazek, T G ^f   Feikin, D R ^d   Breiman, R F ^d   Kariuki Njenga, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development Nairobi   (Kenya)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; KENYA; LION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 48249119946     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009806     Document Type: Article

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