Ticks and tick-borne viruses from livestock hosts in arid and semiarid regions of the eastern and northeastern parts of Kenya

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 269-277

  Lutomiah, Joel ^a   Musila, Lillian ^a   Makio, Albina ^a   Ochieng, Caroline ^a   Koka, Hellen ^a   Chepkorir, Edith ^b   Mutisya, James ^a   Mulwa, Francis ^b   Khamadi, Samoel ^a   Miller, Barry R ^c   Bast, Joshua ^d   Schnabel, David ^e   Wurapa, Eyako K ^a   Sang, Rosemary ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

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

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

arbovirus; Kenya; semiarid; surveillance; tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; GOAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; TICK; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CAMELS; CATTLE; GOATS; HUMANS; KENYA; SHEEP; TICKS;

EID: 84893052889     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13039     Document Type: Article

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