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Multiple virus lineages sharing recent common ancestry were associated with a Large Rift Valley fever outbreak among livestock in Kenya during 2006-2007.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2008
Bird Brian H, Githinji Jane W K, Macharia Joseph M, Kasiiti Jacqueline L, Muriithi Rees M, Gacheru Stephen G, Musaa Joseph O, Towner Jonathan S, Reeder Serena A, Oliver Jennifer B, Stevens Thomas L, Erickson Bobbie R, Morgan Laura T, Khristova Marina L, Hartman Amy L, Comer James A, Rollin Pierre E, Ksiazek Thomas G, Nichol Stuart T
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Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus historically has caused widespread and extensive outbreaks of severe human and livestock disease throughout Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. Following unusually heavy rainfall during the late autumn of 2006, reports of human and animal illness consisten...
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