Human cases of wesselsbron disease, South Africa 2010-2011

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 330-336

  Weyer, Jacqueline ^a   Thomas, Juno ^b   Leman, Patricia A ^a   Grobbelaar, Antoinette A ^a   Kemp, Alan ^a   Paweska, Janusz T ^a  

^a Centers for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and Surveillance   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Flavivirus; South Africa.; Wesselsbron virus

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AEDES; AEDES CIRCUMLUTEOLUS; AEDES JUPPI; AEDES MCINTOSHI; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLADISTICS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOSQUITO; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WESSELSBRON DISEASE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SHEEP; SUCKLING ANIMAL; VIROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; WESSELSBRON VIRUS;

NS5 PROTEIN, FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84876913012     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1181     Document Type: Article

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