Pathologic studies on suspect animal and human cases of Rift Valley fever from an outbreak in Eastern Africa, 2006-2007

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 38-42

  Shieh, Wun Ju ^a   Paddock, Chris D ^a   Lederman, Edith ^b   Rao, Carol Y ^c   Gould, L Hannah ^d   Mohamed, Mohamed ^e   Mosha, Fausta ^f   Mghamba, Janeth ^e   Bloland, Peter ^d   Njenga, M Kariuki ^g   Mutonga, David ^g   Samuel, Amwayi A ^g   Guarner, Jeannette ^h   Breiman, Robert F ^g   Zaki, Sherif R ^a  

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

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^f African Field Epidemiology Network   (Tanzania)

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

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 77955624865     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0463     Document Type: Article

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