Short report: A 3-year serological and virological cattle follow-up in Madagascar highlands suggests a non-classical transmission route of rift valley fever virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-266

  Nicolas, Gaëlle ^a   Durand, Benoit ^b   Rakotoarimanana, Tafika Tojofaniry ^c   Lacote, Sandra ^d   Chevalier, Véronique ^a   Marianneau, Philippe ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b ANSES   (France)

^c National Research Center for Rural Development Veterinary Department (FOFIFA DRZV)   (Madagascar)

^d FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MADAGASCAR; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MOSQUITO; RIFT VALLEY FEVER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LIVESTOCK; MADAGASCAR; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84893460823     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0538     Document Type: Article

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