The enigma of yellow fever in East Africa

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-346

  Ellis, Brett R ^a,c   Barrett, Alan D T ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MONKEY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 52649171434     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.584     Document Type: Review

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