Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in hyalommid ticks, northeastern Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1502-1505

  Sang, Rosemary ^a   Lutomiah, Joel ^a   Koka, Hellen ^b   Makio, Albina ^b   Chepkorir, Edith ^a   Ochieng, Caroline ^b   Yalwala, Santos ^b   Mutisya, James ^b   Musila, Lilian ^b   Richardson, Jason H ^b   Miller, Barry R ^c   Schnabel, David ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b US Army Medical Research Unit Nairobi   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; EXPOSURE; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TICK; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 79960882663     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.102064     Document Type: Article

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