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Risk analysis of inter-species reassortment through a Rift Valley fever phlebovirus MP-12 vaccine strain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Ly Hoai J, Lokugamage Nandadeva, Nishiyama Shoko, Ikegami Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The causative agent, Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV), belongs to the genus Phlebovirus in the family Phenuiviridae and causes high rates of abortions in ruminants, and hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, or blindness in humans. Viral maintenance by mosquito vectors has led to sporadic RVF outbreaks in...
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