| Document ID (ISN) | 43808 |
| CIS number |
85-799 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0098-7484 - Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Year |
1984 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever - Republic of South Africa |
| Bibliographic information |
9 Nov. 1984, Vol.252, No.18, p.2533-2537. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
Case reports transmitted by the Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta, USA) involving 7 cases of severe illness in South Africa (1 death). 6 of the victims had worked with cattle, the 7th with sheep. The disease was identified by immunofluorescence assay testing as Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever, a disease spread from cattle to man directly or by ticks. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
livestock rearing; virus diseases; zoonoses |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study; South Africa |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Livestock rearing
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Zoonoses
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