Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Livestock, Mozambique, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fafetine, José M. ; Coetzee, Peter ; Mubemba, Benjamin ; Nhambirre, Ofélia ; Neves, Luis ; Coetzer, J.A.W. ; Venter, Estelle H.
• Description:
  In early 2014, abortions and death of ruminants were reported on farms in Maputo and Gaza Provinces, Mozambique. Serologic analysis and quantitative and conventional reverse transcription PCR confirmed the presence of Rift Valley fever virus. The viruses belonged to lineage C, which is prevalent among Rift Valley fever viruses in southern Africa.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Disease Outbreaks Goats Humans Livestock/virology Rift Valley Fever Rift Valley Fever Virus Seroepidemiologic Studies Serologic Tests Sheep

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(12):2165-2167.
• Pubmed ID:
  27869589
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5189134
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Mozambique
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e4633f5b745ce556fe4b60b0eedce5fbf89340e3f3d3dcccdf7c0c59e8592ef3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43427/cdc_43427_DS1.pdf
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