Emerging viral threats in Gabon: Health capacities and response to the risk of emerging zoonotic diseases in Central Africa - Emerging zoonotic viral threats in Gabon

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bourgarel, Mathieu ^a,b   Wauquier, Nadia ^b   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Emerging diseases; Rainforest; Wildlife; Zoonotic disease; Zoonotic viral threat

Indexed keywords

CHIKUNGUNYA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GABON; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 77957883766     PISSN: 17528550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3134/ehtj.10.007     Document Type: Review

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