The emergence and maintenance of vector-borne diseases in the khyber pakhtunkhwa province, and the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Khan, Khalid ^b   Uhllah, Ghufran ^b   Teglas, Mike B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Microbiology and Biotechnology Center Veterinary Research Institute (VRI)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever; Dengue virus; Eid islamic festival; Emerging and re emerging disease; Hemoparasites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866445109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00250     Document Type: Review

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