Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever virus in livestock during inter-epidemic period in Egypt, 2014/15

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mroz, Claudia ^a   Gwida, Mayada ^b   El Ashker, Maged ^b   El Diasty, Mohamed ^c   El Beskawy, Mohamed ^b   Ziegler, Ute ^a   Eiden, Martin ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Inter epidemic period; Livestock; Rift Valley fever virus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; EGYPT; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; EGYPT; LIVESTOCK; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85017144186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-017-0993-8     Document Type: Article

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