Outbreak of Rift Valley fever affecting veterinarians and farmers in South Africa, 2008

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-266

  Archer, Brett N ^a,b   Weyer, Jacqueline ^c   Paweska, Janusz ^c   Nkosi, Deliwe ^b   Leman, Patricia ^c   Tint, Khin San ^b   Blumberg, Lucille ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NICD NHLS

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MYALGIA; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 79955933076     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4544     Document Type: Article

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