Seroprevalence of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Ijara District, Kenya

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 727-732

  Lwande, Olivia Wesula ^a,d   Irura, Zephania ^b   Tigoi, Caroline ^a   Chepkorir, Edith ^a   Orindi, Benedict ^a   Musila, Lillian ^c   Venter, Marietjie ^d,e   Fischer, Anne ^a   Sang, Rosemary ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; ELISA; Epidemiology; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA; IXODIDA;

EID: 84866299499     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0914     Document Type: Article

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