Seroprevalance of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever in Bulgarian livestock

Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 540-542

  Barthel, Robert ^a   Mohareb, Emad ^b   Younan, Rasha ^b   Gladnishka, Teodora ^c   Kalvatchev, Nikolay ^c   Moemen, Abdel ^b   Mansour, Sameh S ^b   Rossi, Cynthia ^d   Schoepp, Randal ^d   Christova, Iva ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^d US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; Livestock; Serology

Indexed keywords

BULGARIA; LIVESTOCK; SEROLOGY;

EID: 84907463915     PISSN: 13102818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2014.931685     Document Type: Article

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