Absence of Rift Valley fever virus in wild small mammals, Madagascar

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1025-1027

  Olive, Marie Marie ^a   Razafindralambo, Nadia ^a   Barivelo, Tony Andrianaivo ^b,c   Rafisandratantsoa, Jean Théophile ^a   Soarimalala, Voahangy ^b   Goodman, Steven M ^b,d   Rollin, Pierre E ^e   Heraud, Jean Michel ^a   Reynes, Jean Marc ^f  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL TISSUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; LETTER; MADAGASCAR; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RODENT; TENREC; WILD ANIMAL;

MADAGASCAR; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; VIRUSES; WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MAMMALS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84877963605     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1906.121074     Document Type: Letter

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