Seroepidemiological study of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in animals in Saudi Arabia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1535-1539

  Al Afaleq, Adel I ^a   Hussein, Mansour F ^b   Al Naeem, Abdulmohsin A ^c   Housawi, Fadil ^c   Kabati, Anwar G ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Epidemiology; Mosquito; Rift Valley fever; Saudi Arabia; Vector borne disease; Viral disease; Yemen; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; BOS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84866167825     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0100-x     Document Type: Article

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