Zoonoses in the Arabian Peninsula

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1455-1462

  Wernery, Ulrich ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKHURMA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GLANDERS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEISHMANIASIS; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; Q FEVER; RABIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SALMONELLOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS; TULAREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84918535738     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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