Temporal and spatial history of Rift Valley fever in South Africa: 1950 to 2011

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pienaar, Nicolaas J ^a,b   Thompson, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOPOGRAPHY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84875631434     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v80i1.384     Document Type: Article

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