Transmission of Rift Valley fever virus from European-breed lambs to Culex pipiens mosquitoes.

• Hauptverfasser: Rianka P M Vloet (Verfasst von), Chantal B F Vogels (Verfasst von), Constantianus J M Koenraadt (Verfasst von), Gorben P Pijlman (Verfasst von), Martin Eiden (Verfasst von), Jose L Gonzales (Verfasst von), Lucien J M van Keulen (Verfasst von), Paul J Wichgers Schreur (Verfasst von), Jeroen Kortekaas (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne bunyavirus of the genus Phlebovirus that is highly pathogenic to ruminants and humans. The disease is currently confined to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, but globalization and climate change may facilitate introductions of the virus into current...