Epidemiological study of Rift Valley fever virus in Kigoma, Tanzania

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kifaro, Emmanuel G ^a   Nkangaga, Japhet ^b   Joshua, Gradson ^b   Sallu, Raphael ^b   Yongolo, Mmeta ^b   Dautu, George ^c   Kasanga, Christopher J ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA)   (Tanzania)

^c Central Veterinary Research Institute   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENOME, VIRAL; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84908046834     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.717     Document Type: Article

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