Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever virus infection in camels (dromedaries) in northern Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 347-352

  Swai, Emmanuel Senyael ^a,b   Sindato, Calvin ^c  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries   (Tanzania)

^b Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

^c Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Arthropod borne disease; Risk factors; Serology; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TROPIC CLIMATE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84922104348     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0726-y     Document Type: Article

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