Rift valley fever, Sudan, 2007 and 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-253

  Aradaib, Imadeldin E ^a   Erickson, Bobbie R ^b   Elageb, Rehab M ^c   Khristova, Marina L ^b   Carroll, Serena A ^b   Elkhidir, Isam M ^a   Karsany, Mubarak E ^c   Karrar, Abdelrahim E ^a   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   Nichol, Stuart T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SUDAN;

EID: 84930478143     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.120834     Document Type: Article

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