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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Rift valley fever virus infections in egypt: Pathological and virological findings in man
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 72, No. 4, Year 1978
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Ten strains of Rift Valley Fever virus were isolated from serum samples from acute human cases collected during an epidemic of undifferentiated febrile illness. Post-mortem samples were obtained from two fatal infections. Severe liver necrosis, interstitial pneumonia and myocardial degeneration were seen. Rift Valley Fever virus was isolated from post-mortem samples of liver, cerebro-spinal, pericardial and pleural fluid and from a throat swab. The virus was also isolated from nasopharyngeal washings suggesting that direct transmission from man to man may be possible. © 1978 Oxford university press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Saad, Kouka
Egypt, Cairo
Al-azhar University
Abdel-Wahab, El Din
Egypt, Cairo
Al-azhar University
Moawad, Laila
Egypt, Cairo
Al-azhar University
Baz, E.
Egypt, Cairo
Al-azhar University
Mohamed, Esmat
Egypt, Cairo
Central Laboratory
Tayeb, Esmat El
Egypt, Cairo
Central Laboratory
Omar, Hamdy
Egypt, Cairo
Central Laboratory
Abdel, Mohamed
Egypt, Cairo
Central Laboratory
Ossman, Moneim
Egypt, Cairo
Central Laboratory
Yasin, Wagih
Egypt, Cairo
Abbassia Fever Hospital, Cairo
Statistics
Citations: 104
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(78)90134-7
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Egypt