Rift Valley alley fever among febrile patients at New Halfa hospital, eastern Sudan

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hassanain, Ahmed M ^a   Noureldien, Waleed ^b   Karsany, Mubarak S ^c   Saeed, Elnajeeb S ^a   Aradaib, Imadeldin E ^d   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b New Half Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SUDAN; WORK; ADULT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 77952073806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-97     Document Type: Article

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