Spatial distribution of non-clinical Rift Valley fever viral activity in domestic and wild ruminants in northern Tanzania
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1National Institute for Medical Research, Tabora, Tanzania. 2Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3021, Morogoro Tanzania.3Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro Tanzania. 4Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.5Department of Disease Control, University of Zambia, Lusaka Zambia.6Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom.7National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.8Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa.9Division of Virology and Communicable Disease Surveillance, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa E-mail: [email protected]
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