PREPARATION OF RECOMBINANT ANTIGENS FOR DEMONSTRATING ANTIBODY RESPONSES IN PATIENTS WITH CRIMEAN-CONGO HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS INFECTIONS
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne viral zoonosis widely distributed in Africa, Asia, Russia and the Balkans. The causative agent, CCHF virus (CCHFV) has the propensity to cause nosocomial infections with a high fatality rate. Cases of CCHF are diagnosed annually in southern Afr...
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University of the Free State
2011
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-10042011-095133/restricted/ |