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A new mouse model reveals a critical role for host innate immunity in resistance to Rift Valley fever.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Nov 2010
do Valle Tânia Zaverucha, Billecocq Agnès, Guillemot Laurent, Alberts Rudi, Gommet Céline, Geffers Robert, Calabrese Kátia, Schughart Klaus, Bouloy Michèle, Montagutelli Xavier, Panthier Jean-Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an arthropod-borne viral disease repeatedly reported in many African countries and, more recently, in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. RVF virus (RVFV) primarily infects domesticated ruminants, resulting in miscarriage in pregnant females and death for newborns and young animals...
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