International external quality assessment of molecular detection of Rift Valley fever virus.

• Main Authors: Camille Escadafal (Author), Janusz T Paweska (Author), Antoinette Grobbelaar (Author), Chantel le Roux (Author), Michèle Bouloy (Author), Pranav Patel (Author), Anette Teichmann (Author), Oliver Donoso-Mantke (Author), Matthias Niedrig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals resulting in considerable economic losses due to death and abortions among infected livestock. RVF also affects humans with clinical symptoms ranging from an influenza-like illness to a hemorrhagic fever. Over the past years,...