Safety and efficacy of four-segmented Rift Valley fever virus in young sheep, goats and cattle

doi:10.1038/s41541-020-00212-4

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Safety and efficacy of four-segmented Rift Valley fever virus in young sheep, goats and cattle

24 Jul 2020

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Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne bunyavirus that causes severe and recurrent outbreaks on the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula and continues to expand its habitat. RVFV induces severe disease in newborns and abortion in pregnant ruminants. The viral genome consists of a small (S), medium (M) and large (L) RNA segment of negative polarity. The M segment encodes a glycoprotein precursor...

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