Serologic survey of plague in animals, Western Iran

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1549-1551

  Esamaeili, Saber ^a   Azadmanesh, Kayhan ^a   Naddaf, Saied Reza ^a   Rajerison, Minoarisoa ^b   Carniel, Elisabeth ^c   Mostafavi, Ehsan ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; RODENT; SEROLOGY; XENOPSYLLA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; VETERINARY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; IRAN; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84882651934     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.121829     Document Type: Letter

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