Seroepidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) population in northeast of Iran

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-65

  Champour, Mohsen ^a   Mohammadi, Gholamreza ^a   Chinikar, Sadegh ^b   Razmi, Gholamreza ^a   Shah Hosseini, Nariman ^b   Khakifirouz, Sahar ^b   Mostafavi, Ehsan ^b   Jalali, Tahmineh ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Camel; CCHF; Iran; Khorasan; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NAIROVIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84897472603     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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