First External Quality Assessment of Molecular and Serological Detection of Rift Valley Fever in the Western Mediterranean Region.

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis which affects humans and a wide range of domestic and wild ruminants. The large spread of RVF in Africa and its potential to emerge beyond its geographic range requires the development of surveillance strategies to promptly detect the diseas...

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Main Authors: Federica Monaco, Gian Mario Cosseddu, Baba Doumbia, Hafsa Madani, Fatiha El Mellouli, Miguel Angel Jiménez-Clavero, Soufien Sghaier, Philippe Marianneau, Catherine Cetre-Sossah, Andrea Polci, Sandra Lacote, Magtouf Lakhdar, Jovita Fernandez-Pinero, Chabane Sari Nassim, Chiara Pinoni, Andrea Capobianco Dondona, Carmina Gallardo, Taoufiq Bouzid, Annamaria Conte, Grazia Bortone, Giovanni Savini, Antonio Petrini, Lilian Puech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4643972?pdf=render