Choice of inbred rat strain impacts lethality and disease course after respiratory infection with Rift Valley Fever Virus
Humans infected with Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) generally recover after a febrile illness; however, a proportion of patients progress to a more severe clinical outcome such as hemorrhagic fever or meningoencephalitis. RVFV is naturally transmitted to livestock and humans by mosquito bites, but i...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417668/ |