| Type | Journal Article - Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Title | The 1970 yellow fever epidemic in Okwoga District, Benue Plateau State, Nigeria |
| Author(s) | |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 1973 |
| Page numbers | 113-121 |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2481124/pdf/bullwho00169-0003.pdf |
| Abstract | A focal epidemic ofyellow fever occurred in late 1970 in southern Benue Plateau State, Nigeria, I year after a much larger outbreak in northern Nigeria. Like its predecessor, the 1970 epidemic was associated with virus transmission by wild-breeding Stegomyia mosquitos. Epidemiological data on the outbreak are reported in this paper. |
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