Molecular and Serological Studies on the Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Mauritania in 2010

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 31-39

  Jackel S ^a   Eiden, M ^a   El Mamy, B O ^b   Isselmou, K ^b   Vina Rodriguez, A ^a   Doumbia, B ^c   Groschup, M H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Centre National de l'Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires CNERV   (Mauritania)

^c Office National de Recherches et de Développement de l Élevage ONARDEL   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Camels; Mauritania; Rift Valley fever virus; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; MAURITANIA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; SMALL RUMINANTS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

CAMELS; MAURITANIA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SMALL RUMINANTS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOATS; LIVESTOCK; MAURITANIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84887359318     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12142     Document Type: Article

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