Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Afghanistan, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1940-1941

  Mustafa, Mir Lais ^a   Ayazi, Edris ^a   Mohareb, Emad ^b   Yingst, Sam ^c   Zayed, Alia ^b   Rossi, Cynthia A ^c   Schoepp, Randal J ^c   Mofleh, Jawad ^a   Fiekert, Kathy ^d   Akhbarian, Zarif ^a   Sadat, Homayoon ^a   Leslie, Toby ^d,e  

^a Afghan Public Health Institute   (Afghanistan)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Health Protection and Research Organisation   (Afghanistan)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK; TICK BITE;

EID: 84930478225     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.110061     Document Type: Article

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