Developing a research agenda and a comprehensive national prevention and response plan for rift valley fever in the United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Britch, Seth C ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a   Miller, Barry R ^b   Roehrig, John T ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b   Moore, Chester G ^c   Tedrow, Christy A ^d   Anyamba, Assaf ^e   Akina, Judy ^f   Bennett, Kristine E ^f   Bjornsen, Mary Ann ^f   Drolet, Barbara S ^f   Farnsworth, Matthew L ^f   Freier, Jerome E ^f   Geter, Kenneth D ^f   Hall, Jeffrey S ^f   James, Angela M ^f   Kasari, Thomas R ^f   Kristensen, Camilla ^f   Lynn, Tracey V ^f   Maroney, Susan A ^f   Mayer, Richard T ^f   McCluskey, Brian J ^f   McLean, Robert G ^f   Mecham, James O ^f   Miller, Ryan S ^f   Root, J Jeffrey ^f   Rhyan, Jack C ^f   Strickman, Daniel A ^f   Sweeney, Steven J ^f   Wainwright, Sherrilyn H ^f   Weaver, J Todd ^f   Wilson, William C ^f   Basile, Franco ^g   Miller, Scott N ^g   Zou, Li ^g   more..

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILDLIFE;

EID: 34548412757     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.070551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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