Elevated antibodies against rift valley fever virus among humans with exposure to ruminants in Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 739-743

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Masri, Malak A ^b   Anderson, Benjamin D ^c   Heil, Gary L ^d   Merrill, Hunter R ^d   Khan, Salah U ^d   Alsahly, Ahmad ^b   Gray, Gregory C ^b  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; RNA EXTRACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CAMEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RUMINANT; SHEEP; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926386766     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0575     Document Type: Article

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