Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-301

  Drewe, Julian A ^a   O'Riain, M Justin ^b   Beamish, Esme ^b   Currie, Hamish ^c   Parsons, Sven ^d  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Alphen Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BABOON; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PAPIO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84856340239     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.111309     Document Type: Article

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