Serosurvey for zoonotic viral and bacterial pathogens among slaughtered livestock in Egypt

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 633-639

  Horton, Katherine C ^a   Wasfy, Momtaz ^a   Samaha, Hamed ^b,c   Abdel Rahman, Bassem ^a   Safwat, Sameh ^a   Abdel Fadeel, Moustafa ^a   Mohareb, Emad ^a   Dueger, Erica ^a,d  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Brucella; Coxiella burnetii; Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Egypt; Leptospira; Livestock; Rift Valley Fever virus; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BUFFALO; BUNYAVIRUS; CAMEL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGYPT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRA WEILII; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; BRUCELLOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAIROVIRUS; Q FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALOES; CAMELS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; Q FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907204034     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1525     Document Type: Article

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