Serologic evidence for circulating orthopoxviruses in peridomestic rodents from rural Uganda

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-131

  Salzer, Johanna S ^a,b   Carroll, Darin S ^b   Rwego, Innocent B ^a,c   Li, Yu ^b   Falendysz, Elizabeth A ^d   Shisler, Joanna L ^e   Karem, Kevin L ^b   Damon, Inger K ^b   Gillespie, Thomas R ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Monkeypox; Orthopoxvirus; Poxvirus; Rattus; Rodent; Uganda; Western blot

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; UGANDA; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872350348     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-04-100     Document Type: Article

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