Emerging Viral Diseases in Dromedary Camels in the Southern Morocco

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-182

  Touil, N ^a   Cherkaoui, Z ^b   Lmrabih, Z ^c   Loutfi, C ^d   Harif, B ^d   El Harrak, M ^d  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

^b Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments Division de Pharmacie et des Intrants Vétérinaires   (Morocco)

^c HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d Laboratoire de Virologie   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Camelpox; Camels; Emerging infectious diseases; Southern Morocco; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOROCCO; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOROCCO; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; EQUIDAE; PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS VIRUS;

EID: 84858002809     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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