Seroepidemiological survey on Rift Valley fever among small ruminants and their close human contacts in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in 2011

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 903-915

  Mohamed, A M ^a,b   Ashshi, A M ^b   Asghar, A H ^b   Abd El Rahim, I H A ^a,b   El Shemi, A G ^b   Zafar, T ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Makkah; Pilgrimage; Rift valley fever; Saudi arabia; Serological survey small ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84924351995     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.33.3.2328     Document Type: Article

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